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Published Monthly by
The Students of Bethel Academy,
St. Anthony Park, Minn
TABLE OF CONTENTS,
Page
True Greatnes,. Spring 5 9
Class of '11 10
Modernized 11 Nature 13
Is Co-education Desirable 13
Crystal Lake 14
Game Laws and Game Protection in
Minnesota 15
When the Violets Bloomed 16
Bethel Academy 117
Billboards . , . 17
A Tribute to Our Honored Dead 18
Mother, Home and Heaven. ......... 19
Editorials 20 An Explanation 20
The New Staff Page
Vacation 20 Loyalty 21 Our Duties in Life 21 Acorn Staff 21 The Principles of Success 22-23
Society Notes .24
Graduating Class 25
Swedish Department 28 Var 32 Spokhuset 32 Stipendium 32 Personals 34 Religious Notes . 35
Athletics 37
What Our Graduates are Doing 38 • ,) Exchanges 41
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VOL. III. MAY 1911 No. 8
TRUE GREATNESS.
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STUDIOS
HIGH GRADE PORTRAITS AND
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527 First Ave. S., Minneapolis
25-27 West 5th St., St. Paul
and
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA
One evening as I sat musing in a grove
on the banks of the Mississippi as I am
often wont to do, there occured one of the
most memorable episodes in my experience.
The sun had just disappeared beyond the
hills and the western sky was all aflame.
The fragrance of May flowers, the twitter-ing
of the birds, and the soft evening
breeze lulled my senses into a sweet
contentment. I felt that I was in the
midst of nature where I. was permitted to
sip from the brimful cup of charming
graces.
`'The birds around me hopped and played,
Their thought I cannot measure:—
But the least motion which they made
It seemed a thrill of pleasure.
The buddingtwigs spread out their fan.
To catch the breezy air;
And I most think, do all I can,
That there was pleasure there.
Suddenly I was disturbed by somewhat
sluggish foot-steps. A young man, seem-ingly
morose and gloomy flung himself
carelesly down on a near by bench and
began soliloquizing in a most cheerless
mood which grated up on my mind until
I became conscious that the crown of
nature is not all what the Great Architect
intended it to be. "Cursed be everybody,"
he said. "What's the use of working
and being honest? I have tried to do my
level best for those people. I have faith-fully
worked day and night as a slave and
they have given me reason to believe that
I enjoyed their fullest confidence. But
here came Smith, the Dude, born at the
height of society, and of course I had to
be kicked out. Honesty and ability prob-ably
will go a len; way; but ability ex-changed
by a flattering tongue and guided
by dishonesty, which is politely named
shrewdness, goes all the way. They talk
about great men, but what is greatness?
Why, it is simply to be at the top. No
matter how you got there. It goes against
me; no I simply cannot go fawning and
flattering in order to gain advantages,
but, I guess I have to. If I don't I will
not become anything brit a mere machine.
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But I need money ; I must have some no
matter if crooked methods must be em-ployed.
"Eureka"! I have it! Down
here lives an old widow whom I know has
some money. I'll just go over and see if
I can't sell her som mining stock that
never existed. She is innocent and will
not suspect evil. This is the way by
which many a man has become great. Oh
God, may mother never know what - I am
about to do. I know it is wrong, but I
must get even with the world some way;
I must have money."
I had not seen the old man sitting by
yonder weeping willow before he arose.
His steps were not firm, his hair was
white as snow, his face was furrowed
showing that life had used him rather
roughly; but there was something kind
and benovelent about the aged man which
appealed to my soul. He walked slowly
np and laying his withered hand on the
young man's shoulder said. "My son," The
youth gave a violent start, but remained
seated.
"My son," he continued, "I have heard
your idea of greatness. I do not know
if you wish to become a Napoleon, a
Webster, a Rockefeller, or if you wish
to become simply a society lion. Be that
as it may ; but I heard also by what means
you intended to reach your ideal of great-ness.
It is a virtue in any man to yearn
for renown. It is also certain that no man
will become eminent without striving for
greatness. Even a man born a noble or
of wealth is not great if he has not done
anything worthy of the name. My son,
greatness is something far more then idle
show or vain power. I will relate you a
little story which will illustrate my con-ception
of true greatness—the story of
little hump-backed Billy Butts.
It is a year and a half as o to-day since
his father was killed by the train. Tom
Butts had always been a drunkard ; ana
a year and a half ago to night he was
on his way home from town, but so. in-toxicated,
that inspite of the cold No-vember
rain, he had gone to sleep. He
had sat down to rest on the railroad track
without being able to keep awake; and the
Western Express had run over him.
This was a terrible blow to the Butts
family. It is true that Mr. Butt had not
been a good husband or father, but he
was now gone. Who should now provide
for the family? Billy, the oldest child,
was only nine years old and a cripple at
that. The mother was frail and sickly,
but something had to be done. Billy was
taken out of the school which he loved so
much, and where he had worked so
earnestly. Miss Frost, the teacher, had
often said that Billy was the brightest
and best boy in school. Some day, she
said, he will surely become a great man.
But now, however, his career at school
was abruptly cut short. He must look
after Nancy and Bessy while mother, by
washing, provided bred for herself and
her three fatherless children.
The Butts' had always been poor. Luxury
had never been known there; but now
real want and hunger rapped often on
their door. Many were the evenings that
Mrs. Butts had to sing the babies to
sleep without a supper. Billy ,did all he
could for his beloved mother, but still
thins s grew from bad to worse; and at
last the breadwinner's strength entirely
gave out. She came staggering home late
one Saturday night and scarcely did she
reach her bed before she fell in a swoon.
There she lay for nearly three days in a
semi-conscious condition, tossing back and
forth in a delirious fever.
Sunday and Monday were long and
'dreary days for the poor children. A cold
rain was beating the window, and by
Monday night all their fuel was gone, and
their food was also becoming very scarce.
On Tuesday, when Billy looked out
through the cracked window, he saw the
ground covered with snow and a howling
wind raging in all its fury. It was very
cold in the room, and mother seemed more
then usually restless. Nanney and Bessy
awoke at nine, but Billy gave them some
bread and persuaded them to remain in
bed because it was altogether too cold to
be up.
The cold and the wind increased as the
day wore on, yet Billy sat faithfully, al-though
shivering, at his mothr's bedside,
In vain he tried his utmost to catch some
.of her wild fancies as she lay there twich-ing
and tossing. It was indeed a terrible
day for Billy. He had had nothing to
eat. and the little crust of bread left must
be saved for his dear little sisters.
It was 'about three o'clock when it was
an unusual stir in the bed, and when the
boy looked up, he saw his mother use on
her elbow. She fixed her feverish eyes on
Billy with a look so tender and so pathetic
that Billy could not help bursting into
tears. Her lips moved slowly, and at last
he heard her whisper: 'Billy, I feel the
end is drawing near. I am surly going
soon. I know I am going to Jesus; but
Billy, be a good boy. Oh! I am sorry.
What will become of you my dear children.
Oh! My children ! My children! Look
well after Nanney and Bessy. Go to the
village and get some help. I know you
will be brave and goad." She was silent
for a. short while and the breathing was
becoming more and more difficult. Then
again she said : "Bill, now you will be
a good boy. Go to the Village for help at
once. Take care of the girls. Be a good
boy and God will bless you. Oh, oh, oh,
God—my God—Billy I'll tell you this too,
but do not tell it to anybody? But . she
sank suddenly backwards on the pillow
never to rise again. Her soul had left for
the land where there is no pain, and
Where tears shall be no more.
No words can interpret Billy's feeling,
as he bent over the lifeless form and wept
as if his heart would break. He did not
notice that the two little girls had crawled
out of the bed, until they hung around his
neck mingling their tears with his although
they scarcely knew why they cried. The
three, sat there huddled together for a
long time and wept as only innocent
children, with breaking hearts, can weep.
It was almost heartrending for Billy to
hear his little sisters call for mamma
while mamma could never hear them
again, and at last he realized their
desperate position. Be arose and brushed
away the tears. He had been unconscious
of the fact that he was almost frozen
stiff; and when he looked on his poor
shivering sisters a fresh flood of tears
burst forth. He took them in his arms
and carried them to bed ; tucked all the
clothes he could fine around them; got
the remaining bread-crust and gave it all
to Nanney and Bossy. The darkness was
falling fast, and Billy, although shivering
terrible sat at his sister's bed-side telling
them stories about heaven and Jesus who
took the children and blessed them; and
at last the two were fast asleep.
"They will sleep now till morning," he
said then to himself, "but I must get help
before then." Ile looked out into the
dark, blustering night; drew his ragged
coat tighter around himself and stepped
bravely out into the drifting snow. It was
two miles to the nearest neighbor; the
snow was deep and the north winds were
biting cold. But, it was a case of life
or death; and Billy, inspite of his young
years, realized it fully. He went back
into the cabin and gazed for a long
time into his mother's face, while scalding
tears rolled clown his own thin, pale
cheeks. Then he knelt by his slumbering
sister's bed, and prayed the prayer which
mother had thaught him, kissed them both
tenderly and again tucked the clothes
around them, after which he stepped brisk‘
ly out into the blinding storm.
��� The wind blew the snow right in his
face. but he fought bravely on against
tears, hunger, and cold. The thought of
his two starving sisters gave him strength,
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yet the cold was rapidly getting the best
of him. The last quarter of a mile he
literally dragged himself forward on his
hands and knees. It was one o'clock be-fore
he reached Andersons, the place
where miss Frost stayed. The poor boy
was, by this time, so frozen that it was
only with greatest difficulty that he was
able to knock at the door, whereafter he,
exhausted, sank down.
Miss Frost, who had laid awake for
some time, heard the faint knock and got
up to see what it was. When she opened
the door and beheld the child she almost
gave a shriek, but calmed herself and
picked him up tenderly and carried him to
her own room where she laid him on the
bed. But when she had lighted the lamp
and looked at her charge she could not
surpress at "My God, Billy Butts"! She at
once went to work getting him something
warm and rubbing his frozen limbs. At
last he looked up into her face and
whispered, - Teacher, don't trouble about
me; but please go and help my sisters.
Mamma is dead, and Nanney and Bessy
will die of cold and hunger. Please, teach-er,
please go and help them."
Miss Frost called Anderson's and told
them the awful news, and it was not long
before a team was sent off to see about
the orphans and the dead mother. The
children were taken to the home of An-derson's,
but Billy, inspite of utmost care
was sinking rapidly. He laid there in a
sort of a stupor until late in the afternoon
when he began to move. At last he sat up a.na
called wildly for Naney and Bessy. Miss
Frost laid her hands on his brow and tried
to calm him, but he was not to be calmed.
He cried repeatedly, 'Where are my
sisters? They are starving to death!
They are freezing to death! And mamma
told me to be good to them. Oh mamma,
mamma. I could do no more. I did all I
could.' and then he wandered off to the
bed-side of his mother. He fancied him-self
administering to the wants of her and
he would cry bitterly because he had
no more fuel and bread.
Miss Frost tried everything within her
power to calm him but all in va;n. At
last the little "tots" were permitted to
come in to where he lay, and when he
saw them his eyes brightened. His rav-ing
mind seemed to calm suddenly, and
looking imploringly up into the face or
Miss Frost he said, 'I feel that I am going
to die. I am going to my mother. I
know I am. But Teacher, won't you be
good to Naney and Bessy? Mamma
asked me to be good, Teacher, please be
good to them for mamma's sake.' The
last words were scarcely audible, and
Miss Frost laid him softly back on his
pillow. He laid thus quietly for a long
while. For about two hours he was
quiet, but at last he opened his eyes again
and gazed on those who stood around
him. His lips moved, but not a sound
could be heard. It was plain that his soul
was ready at any moment to take its
flight, and at last he closed his eyes in
the last long sleep.
Miss Frost could not restrain the glisten-ing
tears from dropping on his cheek as
she bent forward and kissed him. It was
indeed pathetic to see this young hero
pass to the land from which no one re-turns;
and it moved even the stern Mr.
Anderson into tears. Miss Frost arose,
however, brushed away her tears and said,
This is the noblest boy I ever met. In
school, he was always ready to help any
one in need, and he would do anything
for one who was sad or in trouble. He
was truly a great, noble soul. And now,
he has gone to be with his Mother for
ever and ever. He will never freeze and
never hunger any more. Well. well, it is
best as it is. God knows what He is
doing.
"Judge not the Lord by feeble sense
But trust him for his grace:
Behind a frowning providence
He hides a smiling face."
Dear Billy, I will surely do what I can
do for your poor, sweet little sisters.'
I have now tried to picture, by this little
story, my idea of real greatness. It is
not the station in life a man holds; it is
not what society he moves in; nor is it
the superior ability which has enabled him
to rise to a lofty position that makes a
man really great. But it is his soul; it is
his desire to help others; it is a noble,
generous, selfsacrificing soul which will
make a man a truly great man, no matter
if he be a begger or a king."
The young man arose brushing the
tears from his eyes and clasped the old
man's hands with fervor saying: "God
bless you. I cannot thank you as I would
like. I,—I think you need some one to take
you home. May I do it?" The moon cast
her silvery rays over the two retreating
O'er rocks and rills and wooded vales,
The brocklet flows into the dales;
Where sunbeams play the daisies grow,
figures. The heaven was set thick with
stars which twinkled as if they had never
looked down on misery or deceit.
"All heaven and earth are still—though
not in sleep,
But breathless, as we grow when feeling
mast;
And silent, as we stand in thoughts too
deep."
A powerful, an infinite feeling seized my
very soul. I felt as if I were in a solitude
where I was the least alone. The All
Mighty spoke in audible whispers to my
Emil. And as I arose and wended my
way homeward I resolved to accept the
old man's theory of true greatness, and,
thus seek to become a better man by
practising it.
A. J. Edstrom, '11.
SPRING.
There also will the cool breeze blow ;
The modest violet nods her head,
So glad to leave her warm soft bed.
Gunhild Hagstrom,'12.
10 1 HE ACORN
THE ACORN 11
THE CLASS OF '11. MODERNIZED
Come tell, 0 Muse, a thing or two to me;
Is this to be a tale of happy days,
Now gone, now passed beyond our eager
reach,
Or shall it merely be a strain where sad-ness
breathes?
My friend, if you will listen to my modest
lay,
If you will banish restlessness away,
Then shall I tell some blissful mem'ries,
dear,
Of all who made their way so firm and
clear.
A know a group with youthful touch,
Whose minds have stored up very much.
Of them I wish to tell a story
Ne'er found on page of fame or glory.
Joel Burkman, bright, ambitious, gay,
Is president of our Alpha Be—,
In studies he is ne'er a shirker
But e'er a busy, noisy, worker.
I know a man, tall, slender, thin,
But, say, his brain is never dim,
He smiles so cheerful all day long,
His name is Walfred Anderson.
There is a girl, a maiden fair,
Of bright blue eyes and cheeks so rare,
She can recite and well declaim,
And Edna Skooglun is her name.
There is a man wbo wants to be a parson,
I'll tell his name, it is good Jonas Larson,
When study hours are getting nigh too
gritty,
He'll take a stroll down to our saintly city.
A man of action, one who picks the flower
Of learning • from the well selected dower
Is Andrew Edstrom, president of our class,
0 let not on our path of friendship grow
the grass!
Paul Anderson, so strong and hale and
hearty
Was never known to miss a party;
To his position many do aspire
Who cannot sing as he in any choir.
Joel Anderson, the theme of many lays,
In Finland spent his early boyhood days,
A student strong, and poet of the dawn,
He is the keeper of our well-kept lawn.
J. Ahlquist stands alone without a peer,
No lesson is there but he gets it clear;
To foreign fields is his ambition.
Success we wish his worthy mission.
There is a little boy, the smallest of the
class,
Who leads us all in running very fast,
His name all can guess, who know how to
read,
He is nobody else but Oscar Freed.
There is a girl with sunny face
Who sings and plays with modest grace,
She is a student with sound, clear mind,
Yet, Alice Lundholm is always kind.
Nathaneal Edwall, calm, sincere, meek,
En joys his magniloquent words to speak
Among this band he stands a preacher
Romantic spirit names him seer and
teacher.
Alas! I see this class
From Bethel's halls retreating;
Into the world they pass
A handful glad hearts beating.
Fare thee well, 0 class of 'leven,
May your message bring
Sweet repose to hearts late riven
And a hope for "Endless Spring."
Contributed.
It was indian summer, a clear evening
in September. The saffron colored quarter
moon was scorching the sky against which
it hung. A purple haze rimming around
it, dimmed its pale light as it fell upon the
upturned face of Constance and the curly
locks of Jack.
"No, I tell you, Jack," she was saying,
"the old perverted ideas have changed
now. We can now have more than one
friend and still be good. I have indeed
been talking a good deal with Gerald since
he arrived. But you know he is a nice
college bred young man and has given me
no occasion to quit speaking with him."
"Constance, you know I would be very
sorry if you would not be on speaking
terms with anyone. But that is not what
I mean."
"Now see here, Jack, that is as far as
my relations with Gerald reach. We have
been living here in this frontier town all
our lives and are not yet quite up to all
the modern customs of behavior. Why,
here we have been listening to our moth-ers
give us their own account of their
ideal courtship days, how true they were to
their lovers never spoke to any one else,
and all that ancient truck—Oh, I tell you,
we must be free and talk to everybody."
"Well, you seem to know the latest
style pretty well since that dude moved to
town. 1Vraybe it is so, but I liked the old
ways better."
"Oh, very well. Ha! ha! Say, let's talk
about something interesting. Do you re-member,
Jack, how many a beautiful sum-mer
evening we have spent in this gar-den
? Ever since we were a couple of kids,
and used to come here and pick strawber-ries
until it was too dark to see them any
longer, and then sit on this bench and eat
them."
"Yes, Constance, I remember them very
well. Those were happy days all right.—
Well, it is now getting pretty late and 1
have a hard day's work before me, so I
must go home."
Quite reluctantly he kissed her good
night and started for his home, a short
distance outside of the small western
town.
'Constance remained on the bench. As
she saw his figure slowly departing in the
night, she muttered to herself: "That's
just the way these country dupes are.
Gerald has even hinted to this a couple
of times. Oh, I don't want any of this old
tied down business for mine. I am going
to be free and have some fun out of this
world. When I am older I can redeem
my promise to poor old foolish Jack.
Gerald is going away soon anyway. Why
can't I talk and have fun with him while
he is here. Anyway he does really pay
more attention to me than to the other
girls."
As she sat there she heard steps coming
from the house. They were close by. Ah,
had someone heard her soliquy in the
dark ? She became frightened with shame.
"Oh, here you are!"
"Is it you, Gerald?" said Constance with
a trembling voice.
"What's the matter, did I scare you, are
you frightened?" he asked.
"No—yes, I got a little scared just as
I heard you coming in the dark.—I—I
didn't know who it was."
"Ah, tut, tut, it certainly was a rowdy
act for me to do. How you tremble. I
will hold your hand. What an ideal little
hand you have!"
He held the hand up in the dim moon-light.
Slowly he brought it nearer his
face. She quivered and jerked it back
just as he pressed his lips against it.
For a moment her eyes were riveted
upon him sternly. He met her gaze and
in a moment his playful, yet manly look
had conquered, and she smiled as she
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wiped away the tears which she had not
been quite able to withhold.
As she (lid so the pale moonlight beat
upon her countenance. She looked to hilt.
as a fragrant rose budding thru golden
tracery as she sat there with her yellow
hair partly unraveled. He turned from
her, still holding her hand. Involuntarily
he again looked at. her.
"How sweet and beautiful you look, Con-stance."
She shuddered, but again he had con-quered.
She even drew closer to him. He
looked at her again. Never in his life had
he seen anything so beautiful. She looked
like a queen of fairy land. Never had he
been so enticed. He grasped her other
hand. She submitted. Their breath was
coming in quick jerks. Those possessing
eyes! Those bewitching lips! Oh, how
inviting they looked! He breathed heavily!
He stooped; his face felt her warm breath.
The next instant their moist lips were
pressed firmly together for a moment,
then she withdrew.
"What have you •one?" she cried. Where
is Jack?
Let us now return for a moment to Jack.
When he arrived at his home he immedi-ately
retired. A hard day's labor and the
cool evening air had made him drowsy, and
he soon fell into a fitful sleep.
He had only been in bed a moment it
seemed, when his head felt uncomfortable.
He put his hand to his forehead and felt
a feverish heat. Turning to his side, he
beheld Constance standing there. Never
did she look so beautiful. Was this really
his beloved sweetheart or was it an angel.
He looked again and more intently to see
if she did not have a supernatural halo
about her head. No, there was none. This
was his Constance. Never did he love her
more. Ah, she had come back to him.
How lovable she looked. He reached forth
his hand to seize her. She stepped back.
He reached further, she again withdrew.
Unable to restrain himself he began to
follow. No sooner had he started than she
vanished in the distance with Gerald.
He looked into the darkness. A feeling
of terror Came over him. Where was he.
With trembling hands he struck a match
and looked at his watch. It was half past
ten. In a moment he realized that he had
been dreaming. As he thought of it the
awful truth came to him. Yes, Constance
was disappearing with Gerald.
Sleep had vanished from him. He dressed_
and went out into the cold air of the au-tumnal
evening. Involuntarily his steps
wound their way to the garden where he
had spent so many a happy evening with
his beloved. He could feel the blood.
rushing in torrents thru his system. Every
twig and branch by the roadside reminded
him of her he had lost. Everything in
life had lost its value. What was there
worth living for?
Half unconscious he stumbled rather than
walked into the garden. Every step was
bringing him closer to her, but he could.
not stop.
In this state of mind he presently con-fronted
the scene we have just described.
The passion of anger siezed him like a
monster. With his eyes shining like those
of a raving maniac he rushed forward and
grabbed the terrified Gerald by the shoal'
tiers. In a moment he would • tear to
pieces the cause of all his late grief.
With the momentary strength of utter
madness he struck the unnerved Gerald
blow upon blow. The latter sank upon the
ground. Jack, still wild with anger, raised
from the prostrate body and ft:tined toward
Constance with a gleam of insane delight
in his eyes. But ,lo! Lying there, seem-ingly
dead, was his beloved. In a moment
he realized what he had done. His anger,
his hatred left him. Was he a murderer?
Meanwhile Constance's mother had be-come
anxious for her daughter and came
into the garden to look for her. It is un-necessary
to relate what she found there_
As Jack saw her coming, he tried to flee,
but overcome by anger and fear he dropped
upon the ground, powerless. The mother
stooped over her child. Being a typical
frontier woman she did not loose her
nerve, but began to look around. The ex-perienced
mather's eye soon saw and un-derstood,
Constance soon revived from her swoon
and then her father came and helped to
carry Gerald into the house. The blood
was washed off from his face and soon
The snow has disappeared, the birds are
here
Once more to cheer us with their happy
song,
O'er all the world their notes ring clear,
We wonder where they've been the winter
long.
Winds blow the dark and heavy clouds
about,
To pour the rain o'er barren fields below,
Co-education is no longer an obscure
theory; it has been tried on an extensive
scale and proved beneficial. No institu-tion,
so far as we know, that has tried the
co-educational system has ever abandoned
it. This in itself ought to be sufficient to
convince the majority of its superiority to
non-coeducation. It is true that there are
many and apparently mighty arguments
against co-education, but a careful and
candid study of the subject will surely
reveal that they are theoretical and
imaginary and not consistent with practical
experience.
A first fruit of co-education is a created
tendency towards urging the student on
signs of life appeared.
The father and mother now returned to
the garden. Here a beautiful sight greeted
them. Jack sat on the bench and in his
lap sat Constance, softly stroking his hair.
An honest confession had been made and
there was now a mutual understanding.
The very same night .a telegram arrived
calling Gerald to the West. And thus went
on file another story in Dan Cupids large
library. —Joel Burkman '11.
And signal to the sleeping buds to sprout
As Nature wills that they should live and
grow.
The grass shoots forth, most everywhere
we see
Old Mother Earth's green carpet being
wove
In colors blended most exquisitely,
And harmonizing with the sky above.
'Henry G. Thunell,
towards greatest exertions in his school
work. It is a common argument against
co-education, that the students, as a rule,
being at an age when they are especially
susceptible to the tender passions, are
liable to become absorbed in each other to
the neglect of study. Actual experience
however does not uphold these views. Be-fore
young men and young women meet
on equal terms in the class-room, they
freely mingle in society, with benefit to
both sexes. As soon as their college life
is over they once more meet without re-straint.
And such is the beneficial in-fluence
of their polite intercourse that
every thoughtful and judicious parent de-
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sires it for their children. Actual ex-perience
has verified the opinion that
attachments arising from co-education are
the exceptions rather than the rule; and
when they do take place they do no more
disqualify these students for intellectual
efforts than the same pure and generous
passions, when they arise in later periods,
disqualify them for the active duties of
life. Instead we often find that such
attachments have proved to be a new and
mighty impulse, urging on to the highest
achievements.
Another objection against co-education
has been: That the delicate glory and
charm of woman would be lost, if for a
period of four years the two sexes should
meet on equal terms in the class-room;
in short, that such a contact would make
the young woman mannish. We need,
however, do no more than to compare the
oriental woman who is excluded from all
company and association with men—ex-cept,
perhaps, that of a brutal husband,—
with the young woman of our republic,
who freely mingle with the opposite sex
without restraint, to be convinced that
such fears are purely imaginary. The
striking contrast which this comparison
presents, speaks highly in favor of
woman's rights and freedom. Yea it not
only favors the freedom and rights of
woman, but it verifies strongly our claim
that the two sexes cannot be educated
apart without serious loss.
The establishment of separate schools
In and out among the small capes and
promontories my little bark was drifting,
guided only by a single paddle when the
gently flowing tide brought it in direct
contact with a projecting log. The water
in some places was slightly disturbed,
while in other places a perfect calm reign-was
a declaration of war against nature,
and the continuation of them is fighting
for a bad cause. In the nature of things
boys and girls should be trained up to-gether.
God has created the two sexes,
each dependent upon the other, and
neither of them complete without the
other; and since they are to live together
as man and woman they need to be taught
their true relationship. They are together
in the family and mingle in society, not
only without harm, but to their mutual
advantage.—Why not in College?
A third fruit of co-education might be
classified under the opportunities which it
offers the student of forming a just con-ception
of the real nature and true value
of the opposite sex. In the class-room the
young man and the young woman appear
what they are. A brainless cheap-corner
cigaret smoking dude, who might be at-tractive
to a young girl at an evening
party, loses his charm on her where his
inferiority in the class-room is exposed.
And a frivolous girl cannot long attract
an ambitious scholarly boy who meets her
day after day in the class-room and sees
her helplessness there. The chances for
young men and young women to form a
true conception of the opposite sex, are
nowhere better than in co-educational
schools. And, as a matter of fact, fewer
cases of scandal and run-away matches are
known to have occured in mixed than in
separate schools.
Jonas Larson, '11.
ed supreme. How like unto life this was!
Some times, life's tide is gentle and
again at times, very agitated. Just where
my canoe was now the waters were
squalid and gave one a feeling of misery
and shame:
A few strokes with my paddle soon
brought me into pure, transparent water
again, and when I stooped over the edge
of the boat to gaze into the deep, I was
amazed by the perfectness of the image
I saw reflected in the water. Up to this
time I had been in the shade and was just
now coming out to whel e the lake broaden-ed
considerably. Here the placid water
was kissed by the dancing sunbeams
which seemed to urge the sparkling
spirits to join their dance. My eyes were
almost blinded with this brilliant sight.
As I looked across to the opposite shore I
saw how beautiful and green it was, and
I set out at once to cross the sea of
diamonds to the green shady shore
opposite me.
The water in the middle must have been
quite deep, for I could not see bottom,
nor could I touch it with my short paddle.
For several years past, the enforcement
of criminal laws of all kinds in this state
has been entrusted to sheriffs, constables
and the police. Up to 1850 this method
proved satisfactory until the question of
the preservation of game in Minnesota was
made a matter of legislation and was acted
upon favorably. The men at the, head of
the state affairs saw that something had to
be done to prevent the extinction of the
various species of wild animals, birds and
fish which inhabited the great - forests,
plains, rivers and lakes of our state. Ac-cordingly
a commission was established for
the protection of game in Minnesota in the
year 1852.
Since the establishement of state offices
and departments for the protection of
game and fish, the position of warden has
assumed an important and dignifie I place
amongst state offices. The duties of a
warden whether he is in charge of a state
or a small area is practically the same.
I thought, as I skimmed lightly °vet. the
smooth surface, of the many who have
been folded into the bosom of the deep,
where only the profound silence and ob- -
livion heard their terrified screams. No
one knows how many have found their
graves in the depth of just this lake whose
extreme beautiy tried to cover its possible
guilt. My meditation now ended as 1
had reached the shore. The water was
very shallow and the bottom was covered
with pearly pebbles and shells. Here in
the cool shade the pure white water lilies
were abundant, and their large flat pads
served as docks for the froggies, which
sitting upon them seemed to wonder if I
had come to disturb the peaceful calm of
their home.
Cecelia Karlen, '13.
He has the same rights as a sheriff, al-though
he has most of the time to go
searching about to find evidence of law-breaking
where a sheriff does not. This is
a very precarious piece of business, and
is enhanced with many dangers. During
the open season for game his time is
spent in examining shipments at the rail-road
centers and if it is a large center it
requires much night work. The deputy
wardens are then scouring the woods and
keeping the hunters in constant dread of
detection, that is, if they have broken the
law. The warden also confiscates guns,
traps and game and holds auction sales of
all contraband goods. When an offender
hag escaped into another state he procures
the proper requisition papers and goes to
bring back the fugitive. A game warden
also acts as an educator, giving the farm-ers
information concerning game, and dis-tributes
standard bcohs on the different
species.
CRYSTAL LAKE.
GAME LAWS AND GAME PROTECTED IN MINNESOTA
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WHEN THE VIOLETS BLOOMED.
Another valuable service is to render aid
to the farmer in enforcing the trespass
law.
The object and purpose of game laws is
not only to preserve a few anima's, birds
and fishes, but to protect them from hun-ters
and increase the useful sp e:-,ies for
the people in general. It not only • tends
to pi eserve game animals and E..ame birds,
but birds of song and plumage and also
those which are beneficial in destroying
injurious insects and weeds. The game
laws also give that class cf persons who
find recreation in observing and studying
nature a chance of further research.
There are three ways that game is pro-tected
in this state: first, by laws restrict-ing
shooting; secondly, by regulating time
of shooting, and third, laws forbidding the
importation of injurious birds and mam-mals
to the native species. These are all
good laws and if they are strictly enforced
as they ttouh: be, the game wi!1 be pre-served
for many years to come, but viela
tons are going cn all the time as you
notice by' the accounts in the daily press.
Human beings are not the only enemy of
game. Storms, wet and dry seasons, and
various kinds cf insects Who prey upon the
eggs and young. Over storms, wet and
dry seasons, man has no power, but he can
aid the game by distributing grain and
rood throughout the stricken districts ,in-habited
by these. This has been tried in
different states and found very successful.
In some instances the wild species have be-come
nearly domesticated, where this law
has been in vogue. The game wardens
attend to this and are reiuired to place at
regular intervals during inclement weather,
food for the game within easy reach
where they stay and frequent. This has
relieved the suffering animals and aided
them to pass the rigid months and pre-served
them for many seasons to come. 1
have failed to find any statistics showing
that Minnesota has ever tried this plan.
11,..innesota has as yet no game preserve
or state park where the many species of
mammals, game birds and fish and non-game
species may live unmolested and
perpetuate the different species. This I be-lieve
is an important measure of conserva-tion
and certainly would be an item in the
conservation of the natural resources of
which we have heard so much recently.
I believe that Minnesota should have a
game preserve. The northern part, or al-most
any part of the state is suitable for
this. The state owns more land in the
northern part which is thickly forested
and full of lakes and rivers where the
aquatic birds and also fishes could find
protection and a place to rear their young.
Next the people as a Whole should be
educated and informed in regard to the
benefits derived from the preservation of
insectivorous birds and mammals. The
laws that we now have should be en-forced
to the letter and if the present
laws and force of wardens are incapable
of bringing the law-breakers to justice,
then more laws should be enacted and the
present force of wardens enlarged. In this
way the offenders would be caught and
brought to justice. Thirdly, the people
should co-operate with the wardens and in-form
them of any depredation and law-violations
that may come under their sur-veillance.
If we must have a law regulat-ing
the shooting of game birds and ani-mals,
I believe, the number stipulated for
one hunter to bag should be lessened and
the time and season for shooting made
shorter and more remote and less frequent.
Proper legislation will do this. As soon as
the people awaken to the fact that today
the nation's birds and animals are in most
cases becoming extinct, and in some cases
already extinct, then and not until then,
will the proper precautions be taken and
laws enacted and enforced.
—H. G. Thunell, '12.
Little Irene was sitting in her rolling
chair. She had been sick all winter, but
had been told, that when the violets
bloomed, she might be well enough to be
out and pick them. How glad she was
for every sunny day, noting how the snow-drifts
became smaller and smaller, and
"soon", she said, "the violets will bloom."
One day, when it was warm weather,
her mother took her out on the veranda,
where the fresh, pure air seemed to put
. new life into her frail body. • She was out
every nice day after this and enjoyed, not
only the fresh air, but the company of
some birds, which were building their
nests in a tree near the house. She also
watched the grass coming up, and the
buds on the trees, and most of all, the
spot where the violets were growing.
She was planning how she would
arrange the flowers and take care of them.
Her parents' hope of their daughter's
recovery revived once more.
O Bethel, Bethel thou hast done
A deed that hearts will move—
In days that of thy time are gone
And days that are thou still do'st loan
Thy cunning token from above
Of pureness and of love.
We love the beauty where thou stands
And its surrounding hills,
The music from celestial bands
That which will probably first attract the
attention of a youngster, at he comes from
some remote country place toward a city
are the large billboards, with which our
cities are so well supplied. These with
their attractive advertisements are placed
But one morning she could not sit in
her chair. Her eyes were glowing with
fever, and she spoke about the violets,
which she had expected to come out that
day. Towards noontime she grew more
quiet, and when the bright sun rays came
in thru the window, and she heard the
cheerful songs of the birds, she said: "I
am so glad that springtime has come, I
wish it would never end." Just then
her younger sister came in with some
violets from their yard. Irene took the
little messengers of spring in her hands,
and with new life looked around at her
parents and sister with her happy smile and
whispered: "I am going—where the
violets—bloom forever."
She closed her eyes, and in a few mo-ments
her spirit was free from earthly
bands. The Great Gardener had come to
transplant her into a place where death
is no more, and where the violets are in
constant bloom.
Georgina Staverfeldt.
Us brought by His all-powerful hands,
In nature—that our hearts now fills
With gladness that us thrills.
Thou art not rich and shall not be
For those in Mammon's halls,
Try only riches is thy key
And guide to those who cannot see
A path o'r hills, woods, waterfalls
That leads where Knowledge calls.
—Joel Anderson.
at all favorable points. They will be
found surrounding vacant lots, forming bar-ricades
along railroads and thoroughfares,
thus protecting wayfarers from being sud-denly
surprised and attacked by robbers.
They occupy almost every conceivable spot
BETHEL ACADEMY.
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where they can be raised up.
Though billboards bear many of these
favorable blessings, they are notorious to
the general public's comfort and welfare.
To the traveler they serve as vexatious
impediments. Often when he wishes to
see some country scenery or some object
of particular interest from a car window
on passing by, some billboard will pass be-fore
his eyes and shut off the scenery
from his view just at the moment when
he could have best beheld his scene. They
are always a great nusiance to the tralvel-er.
Billboards are very attractive, especially
to children. The pictures that the lower
classed theaters of to-day post, tend to
lead young men and women into a life of
sin and degradation. Theaters are, how-ever,
not the only immoral advertisers,
but the brewers, cigar companies, in short
all trades established on the principle,
namely to get all the money possible from
those whom they can lure by their en-
A TRIBUTE TO OU
How bright are the honors which await
those N\rho with sacred fortitude and patri-otic
patience have endured all things that
they might save their native land from
division and from the power of corrup-tion!
The honored dead! They that ,die
for a good cause are redeemed from
death. Their names are garnered. Their
memory is precious. Each place grows
proud for them who were born there.
There is to be, ere long, in every village,
and in every neighborhood, a glowing pride
in its martyred heroes. Tablets shall pre-serve
their names. Pious love shall renew
their inscriptions as time and the unfeel-ing
elements efface them. And the na-tional
festivals shall give multitudes of
precious names to the orator's lips. Chil-dren
shall grow up under more sacred in-spirations,
whose elder brothers, dying no-bly
for their country, left a name that
chanting advertisements. These advertise
their products by means of paintings that
are very enticing and that tend to incite
a craving for those dangerous and de-moralizing
products.
People generally take advantage of bill-boards,
especially those enclosing vacant
lots, by throwing debris and rubbish in
such places. Here it will be hid from
view. It will also be shut off from being
reached by winds. Under such circum-stances
germs will thrive and grow. Thus
from this rubbish disease is liable to
spread and endanger the health and life
of the people.
Billboards tend to lower the morals, and
to weaken the stamina of the young men
and women of this country and indirectly
to endanger the health, and life of the
people. When we see they are doing these
things, we know that they are detrimental
to our country, and we should do all in
our power to obliterate them.
--Walfred Anderson, '11.
R HONORED DEAD.
honored and inspired all who bore it.
Orphan children shall find thousands of
fathers and mothers to love and help
those whom dying heroes left as a legacy
to the gratitude of the public.
Oh, tell me not that they are dead—
that generous host, that airy army of in-visible
heroes. They hover as a cloud of
witnesses above this nation. Are they
dead that yet speak louder than we can
speak and a more universal language?
Are they dead that yet act? Are they
dead that yet move upon society and in-spire
the people with nobler motives and
more heroic patriotism?
Ye that mourn, let gladness mingle with
your tears. It was your son: but now he
is the nation's. He made your household
bright: now his example inspires a thou-sand
households. Dear to his brothers and
sisters, he is now brother to every gener-ous
youth in the land. Before, he was nar-rowed,
appropriated, shut up to you. Now
he is augmented, set free, and given to all.
Before he was yours: he is ours. He has
died from the family that he might live to
the nation. Not one name shall be forgot-ten
or neglected: and it shall by-and-by
be confessed of our modern heroes, as it
is of an ancient hero, that he did more
for his country by his death than by his
whole life.
Neither are they less honored who shall
bear through life the marks of wounds
and sufferings. Neither epaulette nor badge
is so honorable as wounds received in a
good cause. Many a man shall envy him
who henceforth limps. So strange is the
transforming power of patriotic ardor that
men shall almost covet disfigurement.
Crowds will give way to hobbling cripples,
and uncover in the presence of feebleness
and helplessness. And buoyant children
shall pause in their noisy games, and with
loving reverence honor those whose hands
can work no more, and whOse feet are no
longer able to march except upon the jour-ney
which brings good men to honor and
immortality. Oh, mother of lost children!
There are three words that sweetly blend,
That on the heart are graven;
A precious, soothing balm they lend—
They're mother, home and heaven!
They twine a wreath of beautieous flowers,
Which, placed on memory's uin,
Will e'en the longest, gloomiest hours
To golden sunlight turn!
They form a chain whose every link
Is free from base alloy;
sit not in darkness nor sorrow whom a
nation honors. Ch, mourners of the early
dead, they shall live again, and live for-ever.
Your sorrows are our gladness. The
nation lives because you gave it men that
love it better than their own lives. And
when a few more days shall have cleared
the perils from around the nation's brow,
and she shall sit in unsullied garments of
liberty, with justice upon her forehead,
love in her eyes, and truth. upon her lips,
she shall not forget those whose blood
gave vital currents to her heart, and whose
life, given to her, shall live with her life
till time shall be no more.
Every mountain and hill shall have its
treasured name, every river shall keep
some solemn title, every valley and every
lake shall cherish its honored register; and
till the mountains are worn out, and the
rivers forget to flow, till the clouds are
weary of replenishing springs, and the
springs forget to gush, and the rills to
sing, shall their names be kept fresh with
reverent honors which are inscribed upon
the book of National Remembrance.
--Henry Ward Beecher.
A stream where whosoever drinks
Will find refreshing joy!
They build an altar where each day
Love's offering is renewed;
And peace illumes with genial ray
Life's darkened solitude!
If from our side the first has fled,
And home be but a name,
Let's strive the narrow path to tread,
That we the last may gain!
—Mary J. Muckle.
MOTHER, HOME AND HEAVEN.
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Oscar Freed, '11 Editor-in-Chief
Henry G. Thunell, '12.... ... A ssociate Editor
Jonas Larson. '11--Business Manager
A. J Edstrom '11 ....... Adv. ',1st-.
Jonas Ahlouist, '11 Religious Dept.
Alice Lundholm, '11.... Alpha Beta
Joel Anderson, '11 Alumni
Edna Skoglun, '11 Exchange
Joel Burkman, '11
Victor Person, '11... ..... Swedish Dept. Matnie Lindblom, '13......... Personals.
Paul Anderson, '11 Athletics
Walfr2d Anderson, '11
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This is the last issue over which the
present staff will have supervision. We
might hand compli-
AN EXPLANATION ments to each mem-ber
individually but
space forbids. It will suffice to say that
every one has been active in working for
the best interests of the paper. We have
felt somewhat discouraged at times be-cause
of our inability to publish a larger
"Acorn" but this has been due to the
financial difficulties we have met. It may
be an encouragement to next year's staff,
however, if we say that when they come
back to continue our school organ all ex-penses
for this year's publication as well
as last year's debt which amounted to
about $75, has been cleared, thanks to our
advertising manager, and there will be no
old accounts for them over which to worry,
and we extend to them the best wishes
for a successful year.
At a recent meeting of the Alpha Beta
Literary Society the following members of
the staff for 1911-1912 were
NEW STAFF. elected: Henry G. Thunell,
Editor-in-Chief; Ellen Swan-son,
Associate Editor; John Anderson,
Business Manager; Andrew Edstrom, Ad-vertising
Manager; Goorgina Staverfeldt,
Religious Notes; Rudolph Crook, Swedish
Department; Mamie Lindblom, Society
Notes; Gunhild Hagstrom, Exchanges;
Peter Oquist, Athletics; Mabel Lind, Alum-ni
Notes; Oscar Peterson, Olivia Johnson,
Arthur Hedberg, Locals.
The school-days for 1910-1911 are draw-ing
to a close. We are standing at the
verge of another year—pro-
VACATION. iitable. we hope to all who
have had the opportunity to
pursue studies here. How rapidly has not
the time lapsed! At the beginning we all
felt that a long, long year was before us.
Now when it is almost gone we stand
wondering at the fleet wings of Time
which in its passing has had in every
moment something for our betterment. We
are confident that every one feels a sense
of regret over its rapid strides. Those at
least who this year leave never to return
as regular students are especially prone to
experience a touch of the "blues," but will
eventually seek other places for anchorage,
now that they are set free. Those who
return next year will, we trust, persuade
some of their friends to follow their exam-ple.
Let every one use a part of their
vacation towards this end.
In order to be loyal we must have some-thing
demanding our loyalty. A man may
be loyal to his friends or
LOYALTY. to his principles. Many
good friendships are broken
on account of disloyalty. A dear friend
may hear of some fault or misstep of
another and then say "I will have nothing
more to do with that man." A man may
be loyal to a principle by refusing to do
the will and wish of some friend who dif-fers
from him. In this way he can live up
to his principles and also pick out the
friends who are faithless to him. Loyalty
is an admirable characteristic if we are
sure that ou ,.: motives are just and noble.
'Students in the first place should be
loyal to their school. But just now we are
thinking that students should be loyal to
their school paper. Be loyal to our own
Acorn! This is our annual number and
we wish to see a copy of it in so many
Swedish Baptist homes as possible. The
students are responsible for the success of
this paper, and in the measure tht you
work for it, in that de,-;ree shall it become
what it ought to be. The subscription list
needs to be enlarged. ' We want the Acorn
to reach more homes. Do not stop at
past success. Many friends at and around
home are interested in the school and
you. See to it that they in some way
receive , acopy and become regular sub-scribers.
Do it now!
We are all in the same boat gliding
toward eternity. It matters little what
our occupation is in this worldl as long as
we are employed at some
OUR DUTIES honorable and useful work.
IN LIFE. The goal of our ambitions
may never be reached, and
the fond hopes of our day dreams may
never be realized, but neverthless we are
all the while little by little, moment by
moment, coming to the inevitable end of
our existence on this earth, and it be-hooves
us to be up and doing so that we
may leave the world a little better than
we found it. The trite saying that "the
mills of God grind slowly, but they grind
exceedingly sure" is a fact that becomes
more emphatic to us as we mature in
years and thought. From the cradle to
the grave is a road that every being must
travel who is born into this world to exist
for a period of years, which are only a
measure of what we have signified as
time.
The main purpose and objects of our
stay on the earth then, are to do good
and to perform the duties which we have
taken upon ourselves and which have also
been thrust upon us by circumstances. We
should make the best of every opportunity
and moment that passes by. That is the
right philosophy of life and as soon as
every soul : that breathes the pure air
which the Creator has so generously be-stowed
upon mankind, grasps these funda-mental
principles and makes them his aim
in life, then war, crime and misery will be
alleviated to its minimum degree.
HENRY C. THUNELL.
JONAS LARSON. A. .1. EDSTROM.
JONAS AITLQUIST. VICTOR PERSON.
()SCAR FREED. PAIL ANDERSON. JOEL ANDERSON.
JOEL A. BURKMAN. IVALFRED ANDERSON.
ACORN STAFF
ALICE LUNDIIOLM. EDNA SKOGLUN. MAMIE LINDBLOM.
ALPHA BETA NOTES.
SOCIETY HALL.
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The Apostle Paul puts forth two things
which are necessary in pushing ahead to
a goal and to achieve success. The first
of these is forgetful-
THE PRINCIPLES ness. "Forgetting the
OF SUCCESS things which are be-hind"
is fundamental
in success. If we allow troubles and
anxieties to accumulate, although each one
may seem insignificant, this accumulation
will after a time be big enough to crush
us. It is necessary to forget all the un-pleasant
things that happened yesterday,
the day before, or iii'obably the past year,
in order that they may not drain us of
the strength we need to perform our to-day's
work. However, trouble is not the
only factor that we should forget. Past
success is another. Many people who have
reached a certain stage or achieved some
degree of success, or did something that
counted, become paralyzed at the fact and
are always looking back and saying, "Look
what I have done," and it takes all their
time and energy to think and tell about
it. Self-satisfaction has checked many a
bright and promising career and has been
the beginning of failure to many.
Forgetfullness is only one of the things
needed for success. The other is"Reach-ing
forth to the things which are before."
The best things of life are always ahead of
us, no matter how much we have learned,
no matter how proficient we have become,
we are just at the beginning. The dawn
of every day should find us in a mood or
looking and reaching forward and push-ing
on.
Hence if we adopt the principle of Paul
of "Forgetting" and "Reaching" and act
accordingly, success, in whatever phase of
activity of life we may find ourselves,
is inevitable. We should refuse to be
hampered by the failures and success of
the past, and in doing so, we will find that
our progress is almost miraculous and we
will broaden out in every sense of the
word.
As we look back upon the work of the
society during the past year, we feel that
our efforts have not been in vain. It is
thru this organization and similar ones,
that we further develop our intellectual
abilities in literary work, parliamentary
law and the practice of appearing before
the public and also to help build up a
Christian character among the young men
and women with whom we come in con-tact.
The meetings have been good and in-structive.
Prof. Stallard has faithfully
filled his position as critic and given us
some very good suggestions and criticisms
which have been to us as the spice is to
the food.
On the 16 of January the society was
invited to the Misses Hagstrom's home in
St. Paul, at which time a program was
rendered.
An open meeting was held Saturday
evening, April 7, when the young people of
the First Church in St. Paul spent the
evening with us, after which refreshments
were served by the young ladies from St.
Paul.
At the regular meeting of the society,
held the 21 of April, the program read as
follows:
Song Society
Scripture Reading and Prayer
Mr. N. Edwall.
Business.
Piano Solo Miss Ellen Swanson
Easter Essay Mr. Jonas Ahlquist
Recitation Miss Ruth Swanson
Review of School Year 1910
Miss Gunhild Hagstrona
Duet Misses Ekman and Lundholm
Speeches:
Telephone Miss Elsie Tibbling
Buddhism Mr. Rudolph Crook
Music Orchestra
Critics Remarks Dr. G. A. Gordh
Program for meeting rendered April 12:
Song Society
Business.
Vocal Solo Mr. Oscar Peterson
Recitation Mr. Arthur Hedberg
Essay: "What is the Initiative and Refe-rendum?"
Mr. Jonas Ahlquist
Piano Solo Miss Alice Lundholm
Debate: "Resolved, That Minnesota should
adopt the Initiative and Referendum."
Neg.
Nathanael Edwall Olof Okerlund
Frank Erickson Arthur Billstrona
Solo Miss G. Staverfeldt
Judges Decision.
Critics Remarks.
The society has decided to have an open
meeting, which is to be held in some
church at the close of the school year.
Program for the • last meeting held May
1th:
Song Society
Scripture Reading and Prayer
Mr. Jonas Larson
Business.
Violin Solo Mr. Joel Burkman
"The Nobel Prize."
THE ATHENAEAN SOCIETY.
ATHENAEAN NOTES.
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The Story of the Nobel Brothers ....
Miss Olausen
The Founding of the Nobel Prize....
Miss Lindblom
Prize Winners Mr. Daniel Strandberg
Piano Solo Miss Ellen. Swanson
Critics Remarks . Prof. Henry Wingbla.de
The following program was rendered
April 12th.
Song Society
Invocation Miss Staverfeldt
Piano Solo Miss Karlen
Recitation Miss G. Hagstrom
"Life of Florence Nightengale."
Her Early Life in England. . Miss Skoglun
Her Work in the Field of Suffering..
Miss Lundholm
At this meeting the following were elect-ed
officers of the Alpha Beta for the next
school term: 'Miss Staverfeldt, President;
'Mr. Crook, Vice President; Miss Torn-blom,
Secretary; Miss Karlen, Ass't (Sec-retary;
Miss E. Swanson, Treasurer.
Impromtu Speeches.
Critic's Remarks.
Adjournment.
At this meeting black and gold were
chosen as the Society colors.
An open meeting was held May 13th.
The school was beautifully decorated with
the Athenaean banners, green boughs and
flowers. The following program was rend-ered.
Song Society
Invocation Miss Staverfeldt
Welcome Sreech President
Recitation Miss Ekman
Piano (Solo Miss Karlen
Roll Call Respond by Funny Story
Song Quartette
Florence Nightingale, Miss Lundholm,
Frances Willard, Miss R. Swanson.
Recitation Miss Hagstront
Piano Duet Miss Thornblom & Thelin
This was a very interesting ana well
rendered program and the meeting was
well attended. After the program refresh-ments
were served. The Young People's
Societies of Bethany and Second Swedish
Baptist churches in St. Paul, also of
Bethel church in Minneapolis were our
special guests. •
THE S. P. B.
The S. P. B. Literary Society held its
last open meeting April 22. The Young
Peaple's Society of the First church, Min-neapolis,
the faculty and the A. B. A. were
its special guests. Mr. Okerlund read a
chapter from the Bible and made the invo-cation
after which Pres. Burkman in a
few wellchosen words extended a generous
welcome to all present.
Then followed a debate on the question
Resolved, "That the Protective Tariff
should be abolished", which was admirab-ly
discussed by Messrs Larson. and Ed-strom
on the affirmative, and Messrs. Wal-fred
Andersen and H. C. Thunell on the
negative, the latter getting the decision.
Prof. Harvey Stallard favored the as-semblage
with an interesting speech on
"The Moon" and the Male Quartet rend-ered
several excellent songs. Oscar Freed
and Axel Rendahl helped to vary the pro-gram
by each giving a few humorous se-lections.
Then come the best part of the excer-cices,
for the young ladies of Minneapolis had
been very thoughtful, and when the pro-gram
was over they invited everybody to
refresh themselves with icecream and cake.
The S. P. B. members appreciated the
treat very much and feel grateful to their
visitors for their good will, and regret that
the young men of the church made them-selves
conspicious by their absence.
There was a little boy whose chief ambi-tion
was to improve. His greatest mis-fortune,
however, was in being a boy, and
therefore could not command the sympathy
of his guardians. Bat the innate and her-editory
qualities he possessed were of such
a nature that he decided to make his own
way. People would often laugh at the
little lad who could barely walk. But he
trudged along just the same, sometimes
creeping — sometimes weeping — some-times
seeking a maternal protection and
guidance from the older neighbors. But
these generally were so occupied that little
help could he expect and would often be
jostled about just because he was a boy.
But amidst all the jesting and pushing he
experienced, he did not forget to grow
and by the time he had reached his third
birthday he came out fully capable for the
struggles in store for him. He went to
school — studying and earning enough
money at th.e same time to support him-self.
Every Tuesday evening one would
surely find the little S. P. B. manly recit-ing
some famous oration of Webster, Clay
of Lincoln or else debating some question
of the day in which he was interested.
Of course his first attempts were not very
promising but he kept bravely on until he
had improved as much that he invited
som.e of his intimate friends, who to be
sure were much delighted and felt it
doesn't pay to despise the boy, for he will
eventually become the man upon whose
shoulders the burden of a good Democracy
rests.
This little boy is now almost a young
man whose influence is widely felt, and
GRADUATING CLASS
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BY LEE BROS.
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his example has led others to strive. He
has a great love for children for he feels
that a child needs help and sympathy and
In that part of Sweden where the vik-ings
used to hold their counsels and honor
their heroes; in that region to which many
have journeyed just to behold the strange
vision of the midnight sun, Andrew J.
Edstrom caught the first glimpses of this
remarkable planet. Here he spent his
now is often seen rocking the cradle
wherein sleeps a little baby girl, the darl-ing
of the house.
childhood and amid these delightful ,scenes,
the very bosom of nature, undoubtedly de-veloped
that strong imagination which is
so evident in him. Mr. Edstrom has en-joyed
several offices of trust while here.
It is thru his untiring efforts as advertis-ing
manager that the Acorn this year has
been a success financially. He is also
President of our class. As an earnest
member of the First Swedish Baptist
church, Minneapolis, he is exercising a tell-ing
influence for good. His famous motto
is: "Do your best, no matter what they
think." The Daisy is his favorite flower;
fishing, his preferred sport and it is hoped
that he will catch a pearl some day.
*
Oscar Freed, the valedictorian of our
class, was born on a farm near the village
of Waconia and about two miles east of
the oldest Swedish Baptist church in Min-nesota.
His early education was received
in a country school and after two years of
high school work he, at the age of seven-teen,
began to teach in the public schools,
continuing successfully for several years
to wield the pedagogic rattan. Here he
has been connected in several ways with
the literary activities of the school. As
editor of the Acorn he has done telling
work. His greatest delight is to study
astronomy, and that fact, perhaps, sheds
some light on how he came about to dis-cover
the star within the nether tip of
the mocn. His favorite quotation—which
he certainly lives up to--is, "Be discreet."
His favorite flower is "the Lady Slipper,"
and the whole class joins in wishing him
a couple of them in the near future.
* * *
Walfred Anderson, Bethel Academy's
walking vocabulary, was born in the met-roplis
of our glorious North Star state.
Here he first glimpsed into learning's
treasures aided by a kindergarten teacher.
While yet a little boy his parents moved
with their family to Dalbo, Minnesota,
where he spent the next few years on his
father's farm, working during the summer
vacation and attending the nearby country
school during the winter months. Three
years ago he came to Bethel Academy
where he has proved himself an excellent
student with many enviable traits. His
favorite flower is the "Jack in the Pulpit;"
his favorite motto: "Try again," and his
preferred occupation is "napping." He has
great hopes and ambitions for the future,
but refuses to let them out for public
usage, still it is safe to predict, that since
he is a descendant from the sturdy "Dal-liarlarna,"
he will become a great man
some day.
* * *
Paul M. Anderson was born in Lake
City, this state. He graduated from the
graded school of that city in 1907 and con-tinued
two years in the Lake City high
school. The last two years he has spent
at Bethel. He is a member of the Baptist
church, Lake City, and an active worker in
its young people's society. He is an excel-lent
singer and it is chiefly thru his ef-forts
we have our splendid male quartet.
Mr. Anderson is the present president of
the S. P. B. Literary Society, and president
of the Athletic Association. His favorite
flower is the carnation and his excellent
motto: "Be not a slave to the rustle of
silks and satins." Next fall he expects to
enter the university.
* * *
Quietly, on September 8, 1892, a little
baby began looking tranquilly around. She
perceived a small part of the city of St.
Paul, Minnesota, but soon saw more, and
wondering what might be still farther be-yond
she early began to study. Her par-ents
called her Alice, and when Alice be-came
old enough she was sent to the Cleve-land
school. Her timely search for wis-dom
crystalized into the motto "Ever On-ward,"
and this slogan Alice faithfully
obeyed with the result that she is now
among the star students at Bethel Aca-demy,
which she entered in 1907.
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Miss Lundholm holds the position of
pianist in the First 'Swedish Baptist Sun-day
School, and was also last year unani-mously
nominated editor-in-chief of the
Acorn, but being somewhat reticent she
decidedly refused and was therefore not
elected. Miss Lundholm's favorite flower
is the "Lily-of-the-valley."
Miss Edna Skooglun, for some time
Bethel Academy's champion tennisplayer,
began playing December 15, 1891. It hap-pened
in the beautiful Minnesota Capital,
St. Paul, a place so attractive that Miss
Skooglun has chosen to remain there ever
since, and influenced by this long sojourn
she has made "Never give up" a favorite
motto. Edna has attended the Phalen
Park School where she won a diploma after
a few years struggles, and started at
Bethel some four years ago.
Miss bKooglun would really not need as
her favorite flower the "Forget-me-not," -
because the pleasant times she has oc-casioned,
especially the school-party at Bald
Eagle Lake last summer, will make her
memory—perpetual, but if the flower was
picked because it resembles its owner it
was well chosen.
We do not as yet know Miss Skooglun's
future occupation but feel persuaded that
she will make it sweet.
Jonas Larson, the salutatorian of the
class, first looked out over the world in
Angermanland, Sweden. In early youth he
became a passionate lover of swimming,
fishing, and mountain-climbing. During
these first years he learned not only that
laughing is an expression of mirth peculiar
to the human species, but also acquired the
habit of indicating that laughter might al-so
be the sound heard in laughing,—of
which we all can bear wittness. The only
shadow over his early life was the necessi-tated
attendence of a primary school.
Sadly few dates appear in Mr. Larson's
history—the only now accessible being the
year 1904, in which Mr. Larson, very likely
prompted by love of liberty, arrived to
the United States. After a period of jack-of-
all-trades Jonas settled. down on a farm
at Mora, Minn. Soon, however, thirst for
knowledge took rossession of the young
agriculturist and he came to Bethel.
During his Junior year Mr. Larson be-came
noted as a fervent disciple of Plato,
and he has also served as president of
literary societies, besides being a good de-bater
and business manager of the Acorn.
The plan for the future is to complete
a medical course at some university, and
later, to go to some foreign country as a
missionary of the Gospel.
spent until in October 1908 he boarded the
train for Minnesota and Bethel Academy.
Mr. Burkman has served as president for
the "A. B." and "S. P. B." societies, and
is at present the most noted in our famous
orchestra, as well as star-debater.
After teaching for a year or two Mr.
Burkman intends to enter some medical
school.
*
Jonas August Ahlquist, whose remarkable
mastery of the English language has made
him famous, began squinting, according to
an old family Bible, at FA.n6Ei Ord, Upp-sala
lan, Sweden, on December 19, 1887, at
1:33 14 a. m. When seven years old he
moved with his parents to Stockholm
where he attended St. John's public school,
graduating from it in 1902. Finding that
"gamla Svea" was not adequate to minister
to the yearning, restless Jonas, his parents
decided to emigrate to the "promised land"
in the West. His trip across the Atlantic
as far as is known, was more calm than
the man of old, for at any rate he reached
St. Paul in safety and has continued to
make it his home. For six months he was
employed in a piano factory, but finding
that a close friend would give him all
necessary instruction during after supper
hours, he decided to learn the art of photo-graphy
in which profession he became very
able, and acted as foreman for a commer-cial
Photo Co. for some time. In 1907 he
entered Bethel Academy, where his earnest
devotion to duty has become proverbial.
Aside from his religious work he has held
several important offices while here, among
which may be mentioned Business Mgr.
of the Acorn, President of the Alpha Beta
Literary Society, and last year as Editor
of the Acorn he manifested great talent.
This year his timely and useful suggestions
to the staff have been very helpful. Next
year he expects to enter a medical college
preparatory for work on the foreign mis-sion
field. His favorite flower is the Mig-nonette,
and his well-chosen motto: "To
thine own self be true."
Joel Anderson, poet, preacher and critic,
was born in Finland of Swedish parentage
near Jacobstad, the birthplace of Runeberg.
Being that he mingled with the Finnish
people almost daily, he soon came to speak
their language as fluently as his own
mother's tongue. His father is a "Bonde"
and was therefore financially able to give
Joel a good education. In 1896 he entered
"hogre folkskolan i Nederpurmo" (a Swed-ish
institution) and graduated from it after
two years with very high standing—tho the
course was four years and hard at that for
the average student. In 19001 he was con-firmed
according to the rules of the Luth-eran
state church of Finland. In 1905 he
emigrated to America in order to escape
military duty to the Russion emperor, and
settled down at Republic, Mich., where he
engaged in inining. In the mine where he
worked it was his sad experience to see a
close friend killed in an explosion. At
Republic he joined the "Templars of Tem-perance"
and was honored with the offices
of Fin. Sec. and Vice-president. The
duties connected with these offices he dis-patched
with a marvelous tact, and almost
unprecedented ability. Feeling, however,
that be could be of more use to the "Land
of the Free" by furthering his education,
he decided to go to Bethel Academy. Here
he has shown his almost unlimited store
of talents. As a poet, he has no equal,
and this is not strange when we recall
that it was his privilege to be born in the
same land, see the same scenes, view the
same natural displays, sit in the same lap
of nature, and sip from the same fountain
of imagination as Runeberg.
April 4th 1909 is a date which he cher-ishes
above all other, for it was then he
became a member of the Elim Swedish
Joel Burkman, "Idaho Joe," the great
football player, was born in Sala, Sweden,
on September 21, 1889.
The precociousness of the child was and
is so great that although it has attended
schools approximately only ten months
previous to entering Bethel Academy, it
ranks among the best students.
The proofs of this wonderful develop-m.
ent are not wanting. "Esse quam videri"
is Joel's chosen motto, the white rose the
flower, green the favorite color, and "tak-ing
exams" the favorite of accupations, all
of which goes to show very advanced in-tellectuality.
In 1892 Mr. Burkman emi-grated
under the guidance and protection
of his parents and immediately proceeded
to Dayton, Ohio. When "Joe" was six
years of age his parents again "hit the
trail" and landed in Southwestern Idaho.
There among roughriders and under the
hardships presented by a wild frontier life
in a place nearly destitute of schools and
cut through by the Snake river, offering
many hair-raising adventures, his life was
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Baptist Church of Minneapolis. Last sum-mer
the Swedish-Finnish Church of Felch,
Michigan, had the much-coveted honor to
secure his services.
His favorite flower we think is the
"Cuckoo flower;" his motto which is his
original is "Do what you know and know
what you do," and his greatest ambition is
to become a "metrical artist." He is not
ready to reveal his future plans definitely,
but rumors are afloat that he will take the
medical course at some university.
Nathaneal 0. Edwall, the pet of the
class, was born in Fellingsbo, Wastman-land,
Sweden, the 29th of July 1887. He
received a good early training. In 1905 he
left his native land for the "land of oppor-tunities,"
America. The first year here
was spent in Washington, D. C., and the
second at Berwyn, Ill.
Nu vintern flytt
Och var pa nytt
Har kommit till var jord.
Och fagelsang
Hors dagen lang
Uti var hoga nord.
Se bara hur
Var mor Natur
Den grona mattan bre'r!
Och sippor sma,
Som himmeln
Uppvakna fler och fler.
Vid kusten i ett av de sydsvenska land-skapen
ligger gammal by ears graa hus
ingiva en kansla av mystisk odslighet. Nar
man vandrar pa de av generationer till-
In 1907 he took up work at Bethel Aca-demy,
and has shown himself a very ef-ficient
student. During the summer vaca-tions
he has been engaged in religious
work. Mr. Edwall possesses a keen imagi-nation
and a great liking for mysteries.
Recently he came near being killed while
riding in a street-car to Minneapolis. The
car was just going under a railroad bridge
when the "Western Flyer" came along and
ran over him.
His favorite flower is the "Bachelor-button,"
his favorite motto: "Take the
chance while you have it," and his cher-ished
color is "blue." He has a well-selected
vocabulary and enjoys to state
high-sounding phrases. At present he is
preparing a great dictionary, which will
when finished put Webster's in the shade.
His future intention is to take the theo-logical
course at Morgan Park, beginning
there next fall.
Och tradets knopp
Om nyfalt hopp
Paminner dag fran dag.
Linart sommar hr,
Det tydligt lar
Naturens kanda lag.
0, vakna opp
"Ur sluten knopp,
Du ock, min sjal, och lar
Av faglar sma
Och sippor bla
Att prisa Fadern kar!
—Victor Person, '12.
trampade gangstigarna och blickar pa de
har och dar kringstrodda gardarna, kanner
man, att var och en av dessa har sin egen
mystiska historia sedan flydda tider att
beratta. En av .dem, i utkanten av byn,
star nu ode, cch efter morkret inbrott ar
det ej utan en kansla av fasa, den fran
staden hemvandande lantmannen far forbi
densamma. Om vi fraga efter orsaken, be-rattas
oss foljande:
Har i denn.a gard bodde for manga ar
sedan bonden Jan Olson. Den hade Ott i
ary fran fader till son i mer an tre ar-hundraden
och enligt kyrkbOckerna skulle
.Jan vara det elfte ledet.
Inom samhallet star en liten trakyrka,
gra som en regntung hosthimmel med en
kolsvart klockstapel jamte sig. Har moter
landtbefolkningen hvarje sondag for att
hOra sig till lies, och sarskilt Jan Olson,
som i sista rOstningen blev vald till kyrko-yard,
har fatt for vana att hedra prasten
med ett besOk en gang i manaden.
Det var sommar, och en tryckande var-me
lag Over nejden. De svalkande vindar
som kommo fran sjOn formildrade dock
odragligheten, och voro (-tailor sarskilt val-kornna
av den fete och valmaende kyrko-varden,
som satt vid ett Oppet fenster i
storstugan, och blickade utOver de grona
falten. I rummet radde en stilla t37stnad.
Ett urgammalt dalur, som oftast var sin
egen tidmatare, tat dock hOra sitt knap-pande.
Langst inne i ett horn stod den
appna spisen, dar en trebent kokgryta po-ste
i allt sitt raseri. Nu och da, kunde
man se en utmagrad katt springa over gol-vet,
vilken med sina stirrande ogon och
sitt jamande fOrsOkte uppvacka gardsaga-rens
sympati. Detta endast forsatte honom
i raseri, och om ej katten horn undan i tid,
fick den vanligen plikta for sin paflugen-het
med bekantskapen av ,patronens jarn-skoda
stoves.
Jan Olson var mycket rik. Ingen i sock-nen
visste dock detta, icke ens hans ut-magrade
hustru hade nagonsin torts fraga
honom om en sadan sal:. En fordelsgubbe,
som i patronens tycke hade levat allt for
lange, hade dock en dag helt apropa fun-nit
ett av hans undangOmda penningkny-ten.
Detta bade sa mycket mera ,aggat
den fOrras kanslor, alldenstund folkets ga-vor
och sympati till kyrkovarden hade in-skrankts
nagot fran den stunden. Nu hade
Jan att leva, som han ofta knotade, pd
sin tarvliga gard i all ringhet och fOrsik-tighet.
Jan Olson var icke overflodig pa kidder.
Det sades, att han endast haft tre rockar
i sin tid, den sista och den basta hade han
fbrvarvat sig i ett hastbyte. Icke under-ligt
att skraddarna sago snett pa gubben
och fOrsokte sa mycket som mojligt und-vika
hans sallskap. Dock var han mycket
liberal, da det blev fr'aga om andras till-h•
righeter. Ofta hOrde man honom klaga
Over deras snalhet och girighet. Fann han
nagot pa andras mark, det raknade han
for en lycka, och iiirpassade det genast till
sin egen ficka, agare och plats voro av
mindre betydelse. Man hade dock forsyn
for kyrkovarden, och ofta formildrades do-marna,
som annars blivit
Omkring en tjngo minuters vag fran gar-den
lag ett torp, ddr Lars Persons anka
bodde. Mannen som i nara trettio .ar tja-nat
garden med sitt trogna arbete hade
dock MU, sluta sin jordiska traldom for att
njuta en evig ro: Hans trogna mal;a, An-na
Kajsa, som nu var gametal och stel av
]ivets bordor, hade att giva tre d•gsverken
i veckan till hemmanet fO• att, som hon
sade, em mOjligt behalla sitt torp till diid-dagar.
Man kunde se den aldriga kvinnan
knoga till sitt arbete, stodd pa. en kaPP,
den tidiga morgonen, och annu da, morkret
var inne, sag man hennes skrynkliga pan-na
svettas av tvangets borda.
Sa, fOrgingo nagra hr. Jan Olson fort-satte
pa sitt vanliga satt, standigt fOrokan-de
sina rikedomar. Anna Kajsa slet och
knogade med sina dagsverken, sa lange
hon orkade, tills slutligen hon var oformo-gen
att rora sig. Det enda som nu .ater-stod
•for henne var fattiggarden. Under
tarar och bOn sag man henne lamna sitt
lilla bohag, vilket hon lart sig alska, for
att tilibringa den atersaende delen av sitt
liv som fattighjon. Dar fOrmildrades dock
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hennes nod nagot. Man kunde ofta hOra
henne tacka Gud fOr den rikliga kosten,
som tilldelades henne. Har andades dock
hennes levnad inom nagra manader, och
da dodsbudet var i annalkande, horde man
'henne avlagga ett kraftigt vittnesbord om
Guds Rad, och sa, gick hon till ett battre
land.
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Det var i slutet av oktober. Solen ka-stade
sina sista stralar Over landskapet,
som predikade livets fOrganglighet. Afton-rodnadens
glimmer borjade glansa Over
haysytan, malande en tavla av nastan Over-jordisk
prakt. Sa langt ogat nadde sag
man endast eldiga purpurlagor deka mellan
vagorna, liksom lago de i fejd med varan-dra.
Inom garden radde en dodlig tystnad.
Jan Olson lag pA sitt sista. Hans maka
och en gammal tjanare vakade vid hans
lager, varje minut vantande dOdsbudet. Nu
och da, hOrdes en suck av dngest och fasa,
blandad med ett ofOrklarligt late, vilket
forradde ett liv i fortviflan. Klockan var
elva pa kvallen. I ett nu slocknar ljuset,
de horde honom draga ett djupt andedrag,
och livet var flytt. Forgaves sOktes efter
tandstickor, varmed de kunde upplysa det
hemska rummet. De forsokte finna dOrren,
men alit var forgaves. Det enda som nu
stod var att slita sig lOs frail all feg-het
och taga sin badd pa 'det stenharda
golvet. Detta fOrverkligades, och under
all tystnad avvaktade de nu halsningen av
en annan dag.
Framat klockan ett pa. natten hordes ett.
kraftigt Buller pa vinden. Ater forsanktes
atilt i en doting tystnad, vilket forsatte nag-ra
tomma spokhistorier endast till en in-billning.
Klockan tva, hordes Ater ett bul-ler,
haftigare an forut, blandat med ett
hjartskarande jammer, och man kunde tyd-ligen
hOra ett skramlande, liksom av pen-ningar,
raft Over deras huvuden. Ater
hOrdes ett doft huller liksom av en sko,
vilken fallit ned utfOr trappan, och i forbi-farten
traffat varje trappsteg. De bifida-de
skalva av forskrackelse. Om gubben
hade varit vid liv hade han ju ordnat med
sitt losore, tankte de, nu var han clod, och
det syntes som han ej hade fatt nog ,dar
han var. I fortvivlan rusade de upp, fun-no
ett fonster, och kastade sig huvudstupa
utfor i den becksvarta natten, och flydde
i all deras forskrackelse.
Den hemska gatan har annu icke blivit
lOst. annu i dag star det Ode huset med
inslagna fonster, en fasa och forskrackelse
fOr alla forbigaende.
C. N. Edwall, '11.
ste aren av en fond pa minst do tusen
dollars, vars arsranta skulle komma att an-vandas
till prisbeloning.
Alen redan i ar Onskade man utdela sti-pendier,
vadan herr 'Sell.On biirjade en in-samling
av medel bland personliga vanner
i Chicago och dess omnejd. Pa nagra da-gar
samlades en betydlig summa, varav
fern hundra femton dollars i ar utga, i pri-ser
a tjugufem och femton dollars. Bethel
Academy tillhor ju svensk-amerikanska la-roverk
och far darfor mottaga, i likhet med
andra skolor i samma klass, femton dol-lars—
E. P. Strandbergs Stipendium.
De villkor, som aro forknippade med er-hallandet
av dessa anslag, aro foljande:
1) Att stipendiet gives till den studeran-de,
som under annu innevarande lasear
forvarfvat sig hogsta betyget i svenska
spraket och litter.aturen.
2) Att stipendiet vid lasearsayslutningen
offentligen tillkannagives tillika med giva-rens
namn samt att det erhallits genom
Foreningen fOr svenskhetens bevarande I
Amerika.
3) Att tillkannagivandet rorande stipen-diet,
,dess storlek och givarens namn, gores
i laroverkets fOrst utkommande katalog
samt forst utkommande nummer av 'aro-verkets
tidning, i handelse sadan finnes.
4) Att det dels vid laseaisayslutningen
var, dels vid nasta lasears borjan nast-kommande
host offentligen tillkannagives
for de studerande, att ett liknande stipen-dium
kan for nasta ar och alit framgent
paraknas.
Fareningen ar yard alit erkannande for
derma goda biirjan, och sakerligen skall
den genom dessa stipendier Oka intresset
fOr studiet av svenska spraket och littera-turen.
"Fran laroverken shall var ungdom
sedan taga karleken till wart skOna fader-nesprak
och ,dess rika litteratur med sig
ut i livet och sprida den i allt vidare kret-sar."
—Arvid Gordh.
BETHED ACADEMYS AFSLUTNING.
Sondagen den 28 maj, kl. 5:00 e. m.
Missionary Bands arliga mote i Forsta,
St. Pal.
Onsdagen den 31 maj kl. 8:00 e. m., kon-sert
i Elim.
Fredagen den 2 juni, kl. 8:00 e. m. Lit-terara
foreningens program i Andra, St.
Paul.
Sondagen den 4 juni kl. 10:30 f. m. Bac-calaureate
Sermon i Elim.
Tisdagen den 6 juni kl, 8:00 e. rn. Af-slutningen
i Forsta, Minneapolis.
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STIPENDIUM.
Den 13 juni 1910 bildades i Rock Island,
Ill., Fiireningen for svenskhetens bevaran-de
i Amerika. Sjalva namnet angiver av-sikten
med denna organisation, ty, sasom
stadgarna saga, "foreninsen har till arida-mal
att i organisk forbindelse med `Riks-foreningen
fOr svenskhetens bevarande i
utlandet' i Sverige, pa alit salt stodja arbe-tet
for bevarandet av svenskt sprak och
svensk odling hos svenskarna i Amerika,
att befordra sanakanslan mellan svenskar-na
ute och lemma saint att i ovrigt verka
for kannedomen i Amerika om svenskt
sprak och svensk odling."
Foreningens ordforande, prof. Jules Mau-ritzon,
och sekreterare, red. Anders Schon,
som fatt i uppdrag att satta verket i gang,
enades om en plan, varigenom man foist
och framst skulle genom utdelande av sti-pendier
"stika stimulera intresset for stu-diet
av ,svenska spraket och litteraturen
1) vid de svensk-amerikanska hogre och
lagre laroverken, 2) vid de amerikanska
universitet, som aga svenska avdelningar,
3) vid amerikanska 'high schools,' dar
svenskan ar inford som undervisningsamne
och 41 vid de svensk-amerikanska religiosa
samfundens forsamlingsskolor." Namnda
tjanste,,man beslutade ,darfOr stalla sig i
spetsen for en insamling under de narma-
Joel Burkman is thinking seriously of
engaging in the confectionary business.
Another result of environment.
Oscar Peterson has at last received re-cognition
of his abilities by being elected
to the most dignified office in the gift of
the Alpha Beta, namely, Sergeant-at-arms.
Judith Swanson visited school May 23.
Everybody was pleased to see her.
Our school has now been accredited to
the state university. The committee, re-ported
that our school was doing excep-tionally
good work, and they were un-animously
in favor of accepting it.
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Our ass't. editor, Henry Thunell, . spent
Easter Sunday with friends in Fairbault.
Miss Eckman to Joel Burkman at the
breakfast table. "Say, Joe, do you like
strawberry shortcake"?
Joel, solemnly: "Yes, have you any"?
Miss Eckman, eagerly: "No, but I have
.a receipt."
Spectator: "Joel, take the hint, there's
.a chance for you."
On the evening of June 6, Bethel Aca-demy
will hold its Commencement Exer-cises
at the First Swedish Baptist church,
Minneapolis. The largest class in the
history of the institution will then be
presented diplomas.
Miss Hedberg wishes to know if the "Sir
Roger de Coverley papers are more inter-esting
than the old men (Old Mance).
The S. P. B. Society gave a very inter-esting
program at the open meeting April
22. Everyone who attended, reported that
it was a success thruout.
The members of the Athenaean Society
have procured their penauts.
Eng. Prof.—"W"hat was the greatest
sorrow of George Eliot in early life"?
Mr. Edwall, thoughtfully; "Her sister
got married."
Eng. Prof.—"Where did George Eliot live
during the early part of her life"?
Mr. Okerlund, anxiously: "Within her-self."
Miss Maude Ekm.an spent Easter at her
old home in Wyoming, Minn.
It was reported that Walfred Anderson
and Joel Burkman were singing, "Just
-before the Battle--," a few days preceding
the Teacher's .State Examinations. The
-"Acorn" wishes them success in the work
which they will pursue the corning year.
Found written in Ruth Swanson's Hi-
-story, "Not to be opened before the day
preceding the finals."
The Student Volanteer Band had charge
of the Young Peoples' Meeting May 7,
at the Bethany Church in St. Anthony
Park.
The Pink-eye Contagion has come and
passed the doors of Bethel. A number
were affected more or less.
May 4, our sister. "A. B. A." had her
picture taken.
A few days ago we were questioning
each other as to whether Mr. Rendahl was
an escaped convict or a married man who
had had his wife in his "wool". We later
found that he had simply experienced a
rather close hair cut.
Mr. Walfred Anderson spent Easter va-cation
with relations in Brook Park, Minn.
He returned unfitted for at least one
week's work.
Hair cutting a speciality. Can cut to
resemble escaped convicts.—For recom-mendation
see Mr. Rendahl.
The work of the "A. B. A." has already
begun to show favorable results. To the
surprise of everybody, one of its members
took part in a business discussion at a
late "Alpha Beta" meeting.
On account of poor health Miss Ger.
Hagstrom has been forced to abandon her
studies.
Arthur Billstrom has moved to his home
in New Brighton, and rides to school on
his wheel every mornlng.
The Alpha Beta literary society has de-cided
to render a program at the Second
church, St. Paul, June 2. The main
features will be a debate, and a declama-tory
contest.
The tennis court has been rolled and
otherwise put into excellent shape and
tennis is now a regular number in the
daily routine of the students.
The A. B. A. Society rendered a well-selected
program at the open meeting May
1.3. The S. P. B. regrets exceedingly that
so few of its members were present, but
this was due to their having out-of-town
appointments on that date.
Eng. Prof.—Have you not experienced that
if your eyes fell upon a door knob or some
other object at Some time your father was
spanking you, every time you afterwards
saw that object, the spanking would come
to your mind?
Mr. Okerlund, emphatically :—Yes sir.
Mr. Walfrid Anderson seems very inter-ested
in school affairs. Recently he spent
a week visiting the Ramsey County schools
and judging by a very late disclosure he
has become decidedly interested in a cer-tain
teacher whose methods were well
carried out. More later.
Miss Lindblom, the president of the A.
B. A., announced the other day that Mr.
Rendahl had been admitted as an honorary
member to that society for aiding in mak-ing
their open meeting a success. All the
boys are sighing for this loss, but feel
assureci that jokes will have points from
now on that circle, so that the one who
laughs last may have the satisfaction of
receiving sympathy.
The school year of 1910-11 will soon toll
out and many will leave Bethel Academy,
where Christian friends and environment
has made the past school-year very invit-ing
and gladsome to all who have wished
to partake of the same. Christian ac-tivities
have been encouraged by the Mis-sionary
Band whose members through
prayer and program committees have en-
Eng. Prof.—"In what does George Eliot
display a weakness in character."
Joel Anderson, sighing: "Well I suppose
it was the way she was flirting around
with some at the noted authors."
It's a pity she does not - live today.
Messers F. Peterson, P. Oquist, N. Ed-wall
and J. Burkman spent their Easter
vacation with Paul Anderson at his home
in Lake City. The beautiful town and alit
points of interest in its near vicinity were
visited and admired. Every minute, from
the time they stepped off the train until
five days later, when they bade farewell
to a score of new-made friends at the
depot and started for school, was filled
with pleasure.
When Mr. Okerlund arrived home some
time during the night following one of
our recent Sundays he found to his sur-prise
that a ghost had entered his room.
Several of the boys coming home at
different hours of the night heard
mysterious noises in his room, but his door
was well bolted so nobody was able to
get in. It was reported later that a
person was seen to come out of the back
door, leading a dog that leaped for joy
when it was released. Mr. Okerlund is
very quiet about the matter so nothing
further is known for certain.
deavored to help and assist their own
members and the school as a whole.
The students have had charge of nine
different young people's meetings through-out
the Twin Cities, eight programs having
been rendered in Swedish Baptist churches
and one in the Hebron Baptist church, St.
Paul. One evening each month the Band
has had charge of the singing at the St.
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Paul Union Gospel Mission, and some of
the boys have occasionally preached down
there, as well as bi-weekly at the Fatum
Memorial Mission, located in Hamline. Our
prayermeetings in the school building have
been fairly well attended and have also
been a center of power among us.
A new band, in which we count eight
members now attending school and two
alumni, has also been organized. It is a
Student Volunteer Band and our local
meetings as well as in union with the
state organization have indeed been inspir-ing
and full of spiritual food and stimulus.
As a fruit of this society we expect to see
in future years missionaries among many
different people.
After this short review and remembering
"all good and perfect gifts" we feel like
singing with an unknown outhor:
"For the blessings of friends, for the old
and the new,
For the hearts that are trusted, and trust-ing
and true,
For the tones that we love, for the light
of the eye
That warms with welcome and glooms with
good-bye,
We praise thee, gracious God."
And to the coming Christian students we
wish to leave a word of cheer. Strive for
the best, the noblest, and trust God more
than we have done, and you shall see the
glory of God. We believe that through
our school, which is pleasantly but earnest-ly
a Christian school, many strong young
men and women will be sent out over the
world, and there is no reason why our
Alumni Association should not consist of
the best people in the country, and there
is therefore no stopping but a continual
race for greater and better accomplish-ments.
The last meeting of the Missionary Band
this year will be at the First Swedish Bap-tist
church, St. Paul, May 28, 1911, at 4
o'clock p. m.
and thus the idea of a basket ball team
had to be abandoned.
Not many days went by, before another
meeting of the Athletic Club was held, and
this time they were as anxious as ever,
that we must have some sort of recreation
during the long winter months. We there-fore
decided to purchase a wrestling mat,
and every student to-day declares that he
has received his money's worth thru that
investment. Every evening a match was
scheduled and many an eye was there to
witness the struggle. Later, two captains
were elected, namely Messrs. Freed and
Burkman, and then the boys cf the club
were divided equally between the two cap-tains,
thus comprizing two wrestling teams,
which was a new feature introduced into
the athletics of Bethel, and perhaps not
found in many of the other schools of our
rank either. Each captain would call up a
man, previous to the wonderful event,
without the opposing captain's knowledge,
as to whom his man was to meet, until
they found each other on the mat.
These matches became more and more
intensified with interest, so one evening
it was decided that the loosing team was
to give a banquet in honor - of the winners.
Well, when the season ended, the score, if
we may call it such, was tie, and perhaps
this was the best way to close our con-est.
Then came spring in all its glory and
splendor, but we were held from organizing
a base ball team because we had no one
1.0 hurl the horsehide across the plate. If
any of you young pitchers want a try out,
enroll in Bethel next fall, and perhaps we
can use you in the spring.
The tennis court has been rolled, and
is now in an excellent condition for those
who do not wish to attempt the more dif-ficult
athletic feats.
Field clay is now near at hand, and under
the leadership of Prof. A. J. Wingblade, the
students have been out on the field, prac-ticing
their different stunts for this most
exciting day at the end of the school year.
A challenge from St. Paul First church
has been received, for a field meet with
them in the near future. A committee is
now at work making arrangements for a
convenient date.
WHAT OUR GRADUATES ARE DOING
And now the school year of 1910 and
1911 is quickly winding up its last days,
and we are inclined to look back into the
past and see if any advancement along
the line of athletics has taken place.
Owing to the small percentage of ath-letic
spirited boys attending Bethel, we
were unable to organize either a foot ball,
or base ball team. The school started
rather late in the fall, and many of the
students did not enroll until a week or
two after school had commenced, so, owing
to these circumstances it was too late to
begin practicing then, even if we did have
the material for a line-up.
Bethel, as most of the Acorn readers
know, is greatly handicapped in not hav-ing
a gymnasium, but nevertheless we
thought it possible to organize a basket
ball team, and rent some hall in the park,
which we could convert into a gymnasium,
or a place in which to play basket ball.
But, at the next meeting, it was with a
keen disappointment we heard the com-mittee's
report, that there was no hall
which could be obtained in this vicinity,
Mr. Leonard Palmquist, class 1908, is de-voting
his time to farming. Aside of this
he is taking active part in the work of the
baptist church at Oakland, Nebr.., and also
in the young people's society of which he
is president.
*
Miss Clara Granbeck, class 1909, is stay-ing
at her home in St. Anthony Park. Most
of her time is taken up in domestic af-fairs.
She, also, reports that she is still
alive and feeling fine.
Miss Esther Haglund, class 1909, is at
present employed as auditor at Thoen
Bro's. store, St. Paul. She reports that
she is still alive and feeling fine.
* * *
Mr. Steward Segerstrom, class 1909, was
a visitor at our school May 7. He is still
working for the Minneapolis & St. Louis
R. R. Co., Minneapolis, where he has been
employed the last year; and intends to de-vote
his time in railroad affairs until he
decides to further his education in some
university.
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Peter Hedblom, class 1909, is sill in
Minneapolis, where he is engaged in car-penter-
contracting business. He is making
it a success, and it is most probable that
'he will continue it as his life's profession.
• *
Albert Dahlby, class 1910, reports that
he is working for his father in the plumb-ing
business. May 7th he delivered an
address at the Students Volunteer meeting
which was held in Bethania church at St.
Anthony Park, on the subject "Mission in
China." In the future after necessary pre-parations,
he expects to spend his days in
som.e foreign field, as a missionary of the
Gospel.
* * *
Nels Soneson, class 1909, reports:
"Morgan Park, Ill.
"I am well at present and hope you the
same. This school year has been taken
up with theological studies, at our Swedish
seminary at Morgan Park. This summer
during vacation I am called to serve the
Swedish B:aptist church of Kulm, N. Dak.
Next fall I expect to go back to Morgan
Park, where I will graduate the following
spring."
* * *
Morgan Park, Chicago, Ill.
Adolph Olscn, class of 1910, writes:
"Have been serving the Bethel church in
Chicago during winter, and I also had a
call to stay there for the summer, but as
a chance opened to come out in the coun-try
in a northerly climate, I rather ac-cepted
this. The country is a great deal
better than a large city, especially in sum-mer
time, and my physical system needs a
little reinforcement thru the fresh country
air. I will spend the summer in Northern
Michigan, a place near Iron River. It will
be, I suppose, a quiet place and I hope to
get some time for studies, as I intend to
take up some subjects by correspondence
in U. of C."
Mr. C. G. Tideman, class 1908, is still
pastor of the Swedish Baptist church at
Scandia, Minn. On account of poor health
he was compelled to discontinue studies,
last year, at the U. of C., but is still tak-ing
some studies by correspondence from
said university.
* *
Mr. E. ,Norstrom, of class 1909, writes:
"Wausa, Nebr.
"At present I am trying to do the
mechanical work connected with the pump,
well and windmill work, and a little plumb-ing
when it is necessary. In short, my
work is up and down. Sometimes high in
the air, other -times deep in the earth, try-ing
to find Adam's ale for man and beast."
* * *
Mr. Andrew Ericson, class 1909, the first
editor of "Acorn," has been attending the
dental department of the University of
Illinois, during last winter. He expects to
spend the vacation in Northern Michigan,
and to return next fall in order to con-tinue
his course in dentistry. Last week
the sad news of his father's death was
brought to him, which hindered his studies
in no slight degree. "The Acorn" extends
to him its sincere sympathy.
Carl G. JOhnson, of class 1909, writes:
"Morgan Park, Chicago.
"I expect to gradute from the Seminary
here this spring. Have accepted a call : to
the church in Morris, Ill., which I have
served during the winter, to become their
pastor for the summer. This fall I expect
to go to Falun, Kan., as I have a call, if
they wait until next fall. I would like to
remain at the U. of C. when we close here,
but my health is not in the condition to
permit me to do so. Will nevertheless
study there for some time this spring, as
I wish to specialize in chemistry and thus
be able to teach, if conditions should de-mand
it."
Miss Judith Swanson, class 1910, moved
in March from Coon Creek, Minn., to
Breezy Point, North St. Paul, which is one
of the most beautiful spots in the state.
The pretty Silver Lake which is only a few
rods from the home adds much in beauty
to the attractive surroundings. She lives
at home and makes occassional visits to
the Twin cities. Most of her time is taken
up in dressmaking at home, though she is
also busy in church work, and is official
organist of the Union Gospel Mission of St.
Paul, every Tuesday evening.
Washburn Review—Why not set your ex-change
editor to work?
The Alphian—A few cuts would enliven
your paper wonderfully.
The Bellflower Bulletin: Your literary
department is excellent.
Athletics seem to be dominating in "The
Bulletin." About half of the paper is turned
over to the athletic department.
The Bethany Messenger is 'always a wel-come
caller.
The March issue of the "Tenderfoot,"
blossoms in a brand new cover design.
"The awakening" is a very interesting
article appearing in the Hastings Collegian.
Mr. Walfred Danielson, of class 1910,
writes:
"St. Anthony Park, St. Paul.
"Am engaged in service with a manu-facturer
of St. Paul, pretending to fill the
position of an `allaround handy man.' Have
just completed the construction of an up-to-
date garage, and am planning for the
reparation of a park residence. Thus my
days are spent in gathering "huckleber-ries;
" evenings are partly spent in study-ing,
of which Latin and Greek receive
their due."
The Boononian is our newest exchange.
It is an excellent paper but there is room
for several improvements. Your arrange-ment
could be much improved.
Old Gold and Black, Clinton, Indiana, has
also made its appearance. It is good with
the exception of the exchange column..
Why not lengthen this department?
Glad to see, The Arrow, Broken Bow;
Nebraska, make its appearance. Some
original stories would add greatly to your
paper. It is with envy we read about your
•large, new school building, nevertheless -
wishing you the greatest of success.
This being our last issue of this school
term, we wish to thank our exchanges for
the commendable remarks and also critic-ism
received during the year. The only
way in which we can improve our paper is
by hearkening to helpful suggestions.
e(.Vozi cannot afford to miss ihe fun
THEREFORE
Take a Kodak with you
LARGE LINE OF LATEST MODELS.
DEVELOPING, PRINTING, ENLARGING.
OPTICIAN
604 NICOLLET AVE,, MINNEAPOLIS.
New York — London — Paris.
42 THE ACORN
The William Jewell Student can well be
proud of its literary column. It ranks as
the largest and best among our exchanges.
We consider the exchange department
essential to a school paper for it is the
means of bringing the different institutions
into closer touch with each other. It is
with regret, when looking thru the different
exchanges we find that so many of the
papers leave out this department entirely.
There was an old maid in Pew,
Who thirty-one languages knew,
With one pair of lungs
She worked thirty-one tongues!
I don't wonder she's single, do you?
—Ex.
We cannot kindle when we will
The fire which in our heart resides;
The spirit bloweth and is still,
In mystery our soul abides.
But tasks in hours of insight
Can be through hours of gloom fulfill'd.
—Mathew Arnold.
NOT ON THE MAP.
"You say you left home on the tenth?"
asked the lawyer.
"Yes, sir," replied the witness. .
"And came back on the twenty-fith!"
"Yes, sir."
"What were you doing in the interim?"
"Never was in such a place."
The thing to do is hope, not mope;
The thing to do is work, not shirk.
NOT IN HIS CLASS
After preaching a sermon on the fate of
the wicked an English clergyman met an
old woman well known for her gossiping
propensities, and he said to her: "My
good dame, I hope my sermon has borne
fruit. You heard what I said about the
Place where there shall be wailing and
gnashing of teeth?"
"Yes," she replied, "but as to that, if 1
'as anything to say it be this: Let 'em
gnash their teeth as has 'em—I aint."
A PLACE FOR JEREMIAH
A certain prosy preacher recently gave
an endless discourse on the prophets. First
he dwelt at length on the minor prophets,
at last he finished them, and the congrega-tion
gave a sigh of relief. He took a long
breath and continued: "Now I shall pro-ceed
to the major prophets."
After the major prophets had received
more than ample attention the congrega-tion
gave another sigh of relief.
"Now that I have finished with the
minor prophets and the major prophets,
what about Jeremiah? Where is Jere-miah's
place?"
At this point a tall man arose in the
back of the church. "Jeremiah can have
my place," he said; "I'm going home."
Swanson's
I'll bring you flowers for weddings or any
other occasions if you only say so.
618 NICOLLET AVE.
Res! dence Phone T. S. 6106
Phones T. S. 643. N•. W. 2136.
UNITED WOOLEN MILLS
COMPANY
231 Nicollet Avenue,
Minneapolis
ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE AR-RIVAL
OF THEIR
Spring and Summer
Fabrics
PERFECTLY TAILORED TO YOUR
MEASURE
$15 and $20
IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC WOOLENS.
CALL IN AND SEE THEM!
Good Qlotbes= oderate vices
Styles that both young and older men want. The "Guaranteed Kind" for men
who want conservative styles, "Sophomore Clothes" for young men who want
the more extreme.
A. PETERSON 8c CO.
"THE OLD RELIABLE CLOTHIERS"
229-231 E. SEVENTH STREET
ST. PAUL, MINN.
PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS
Minneapolis
CAPITAL $100,000.00
301 Central Ave.,
DIRECTORS:
ISAAC HAZLETT
E. J. COUPER
LOUIS AN DERSCH
ROBERT JASIISON
J. F. WILCOX
FRED E. BARNEY
W. E. SATTERLEE
D. L. CASE
W, C. JOHNSON
H. R. WEE 'NCR
MINNEAPOLIS-
616 Nicollet Ave.
ST. PAUL-
114 E. 6th St. Opp. Mannheimers.
UNDERTAKERS AND EMBALMERS.
Special Attention Given to Upholstring
and Repair Work.
FURNITURE, STOVES, CARPETS,
DRAPERIES AND CROCKERY.
313-15-19-21 CENTRAL AVE.
Furuiture awl Carpets
DRAPERIES AND SHADES
STOVES & KITCHEN UTENSILS
PICTURE FRAMING, UPHOLSTERING
REPAIRING OUR SPECIALTY
P. R. Berggren
2027 CENTRAL AVE., MINNEAPOLIS
N. W. Phone, E. 1610; T. S. 472.
The East Side Grocery
Company
JOHNSON & CO PROPS.
STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES AND
FLOUR
963 Payne Avenue, Cor. Case St., St. Paul
Phones: N. W. Celar 4328; T.-S. 20456
Phones: N. W. Main 2437; Tri-State 417
Res. Phone Tri-State 3806
JOHNSON LIVERY CO.
LIVERY AND BOARDING STABLE
(The largest in the Northwest)
Cariage and Hack Service for Weddings,
Funerals, Parties Etc.
811-813 THIRTEENTH AVENUE SOUTH
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
FRED. E. BARNEY, Pres.
ISAAC HAZLET, Vice-Pres.
D. L. CASE, Cashier
C L. CAMPBELL, Asst. Cashier
East Side State Bank
OLSON & CO
Dealers in
BUILDERS' AND HOUSEKEEPERS'
HARDWARE
FURNACES AND FURNACE REPAIRING
Bicycles and Sundries, Paints, Oils, Glass
Stoves.
Tin and Pump Work, Blcyle Repairing,
Glacing.
924 RAYMOND AVE. ST. PAUL.
The Park Tailor Shop
E. T. GILLIS, Proprietor
Suits made to order, Pressing and Re--
pairing.
Remodeling of Ladies' and Gentlemen's.
Clothes a specialty.
Cor. Carter and County Road,
ST. ANTHONY PARK ST. PAUL
1229 EIGHTH STREET SO. MINNEAPOLIS
PETER WESTLUND
DEALER IN
Fresh and Salt Meats
Phone Tri-State 1260
N. W. Cedar 5641
N. TORN GLOM
STAPLE AND FANCY
Groceries
Telephone T. S. 1260
N. W. Cedar 5641
927 RICE STREET - ST. PAUL 925 RICE STREET ST. PAUL
Fred G. Erickson & Co.
DEALERS IN
STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES
N. W. Tel. Nic. 9941
Tri-State Tel. Center 3242
UNION
CLOTHING
COMPANY
CLOTHING, GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS
SHOES, TRUNKS AND VALISES
1101-1103 WASHINGTON AVE. S.
EYES EXAMINED - GL ASSES FITTED
Leading Twin City Opticians
T. V. 1110R1i:AU CO.
GO TO THE
LOGAN CONFECTIONERY
COR. BROADWAY AND MONROE
----for a----
GOLD GLASS OF SODA OR A DISH OF
ICE CREAM
Special rates for Churches and Socials.
S.-S. Spruce 699. P. J. GUSTAFSON.
N. W. 'Phone East 2348
T.-S. 'Phone Spruce 131
TINGLOW
HAGBERG
STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES
332 FIFTH ST. N. E.
MINNEAPOLIS
IT IS ALL RIGHT GIVE SATISFACTION
TELEPHONES: N. W. East 67; T. S. Spruce 112.
GL.ESSNEIR-WASHIBURN CC).
Corrtiol -te• House Wurnisl-trs
"The Caxton" Spring Clothes are here.
VERY ATTRACTIVE STYLES IN
GRAYS, BLUES, BROWNS and .TANS in the different weaves and fabrics.
The SHAPE-MAKER and VARSITY styles are especially adapted for students.
Prices range from $15.00 to $35.00.
Nettleton Shoes. John B. Stetson, Gordon and Eklund Special Hats. Cluett, Lion and
Wilson Bros.' Shirts. Munsing & Cooper Underwear.
Discount to students who present discount card signed by Mr. A. J. EJstrom.
The Home of the "Caxton Clothes"
401-3-5 CENTRAL AVE., MINNEAPOLIS
Send in your hides
for Uanning
We tan and manufacutre them in to a coat, robe or rugs, etc. Our tanning is
wind, water ontl. moth-proof.
Cow and horse hides are shaved thin so as to make them soft and flexib!e
and sometimes more beautiful than a Buffalo hide. . If the roue is to be lined,
we will make it square by using part of the legs above the knees and part of
the neck back of the ears and get pieces to fill them out. This makes the robe
both more usefull and more beautiful.
We make all sorts of Gloves and Mittens. Send for booklet and valuable in-formation.
We also buy all kinds of Hides, Flits, Pelts and Tallow, always paying
highest market prices.
Oldest and largest Custom Tannery for farmers.
FOSTER ROBE AND TANNING CO.
1E01 FIFTH STREET S. E., MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
St. Anthony Falls Bank
MINNEAPOLIS
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $275,000
DEPOSITS $1,800,000.00
3 1/, per cent interest paid on savings deposits
Hiram Scriver, President
Wilbur F. Decker, Vice-President
Joseph E. Ware, Cashier.
The Bank that has grown up and kept
pace with the growth of East Minneapolis.
(Old St. Anthony.)
%. Itierski
photographer
EASTER PHOTOS.
Studio: S.E. Cor. 5th St. and Central Ave.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
THOEN'S
1HE HOUSE OF SMART CLOTHES FOR YOUNG MEN
32--34 So. 6th St., Minneapolis.
J. AXN FSS
JEWELER
Watch Repairing A Specialty.
947 Payne Avenue, St. Paul.
MAPLE LEAF GROCERY
Mrs. John P. Anderson, Prop.
459 Pierce Street. Tel. T.-S. Spruce 640
STAPLE & FANCY GROCERIES
Come in, or send us your orders!
KARL L. FEISELER
DRUGGIST
936 Raymond Ave., St. Anthony Park, Minn
TANG SISTERS
MILLINERY, MEN'S FURNISHINGS
DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS
COUNTY ROAD AND CARTER AVE.
18 KARAT
WEDDING RINGS
Chas. Olson c Co.
feivelers
215 Cenh al Xve. Wiinneapo!is
Students!!!
BE LOYAL TO THE BETHEL ACADEMY.
BRING YOUR
Dry Cleaning and Laundry Work
TO THE BETHEL ACADEMY
FOR THE
Way Laundry Co.
"Snow white and smooth edge Collars."
OUR ADVERTISERS GIVE SATISFACTION
420 CENTRAL AVENUE MINNEAPOLIS MINN.,
0. M. Huestis, D. D. S. P. OlsonEarl & Sons
DENTIST
400 CENTRAL AVE, MINNEAPOLIS
Liberal Discount to Students.
Burkhard Gives.
Special Discount to Students
BASE BALL HEADQUARTERS
Largest Stock, Lowest Prices.
GLOVES, MITTS, LOUISVILLE BATS.
CLAFLIN SHOES, BASES, Etc.
LAWN TENNIS, BICYCLES, REPAIRING
"The Old Reliable Place."
The Wm. R. Burkhard Co.
319 ROBERT STREET, Near Cor. 4th St., ST. PAUL.
1503 E. FRANKLIN,
MINNEAPOLIS.
Tel. T. S. 16185. 10 per cent discount to students and ministers.
Halvarson & N ewstrand
MERCHANT TAILORS
IMPORTERS OF FINE WOOLENS.
WE ALLOW A SPECIAL DISCOUNT TO STUDENTS. Parlor Clothing Co.
hocUun anb Elurelitt9
Payne Ave. and York St. St. Paul, Minnesota
%tubent Ztrle
Suits and Overcoats $15, $i8, $20, $22.50. ALMA MATER Garments.
GOOD THINGS TO EAT.
Seventh and Broadway. St. Paul, Minn.
Mounds Park Sanitarium
ST. PAUL, MINN.
Thoroughly equipped modern hospital for
the treatment of all noncontagious
diseases.
RATES REASONABLE.
For information apply to
DR. ROBERT EARL,
Pres't.
United Engraving
Company
FOURTH AND CEDAR STS., ST. PAUL
9th and 10th floors Globe Bldg.
Respectfully solicit your patronage when
you need high class Engravings at the right
price.
Half Tones, Zinc Etchings, Duo Tones and
Color Plates, Illustrating and Designing
Phone Cedar 6441.
We do the Engraving in this Magazine.
T. S. 20081,
SWENSON BROS.
Payne Avenue's Largest and Bent
FURNITURE AND HARDWARE STORE,
882 to 990 Payne Ave., St. Paul.
Bodin - Sundberg
Drug Co.
Three Stores:
Prescription Work A Specialty.
329 E. 7th St., 881 Payne Ave. & 879 Rice St.
ST. PAUL, MINN.
("WHY NOT"?)
BILLMAN
Ye Hardware Man
2504-6 CENTRAL AVENUE,
MINNEAPOLIS.
P. A. JOHANSON
Fine Shoes
PAYNE AVENUE, - ST. PAUL
THEY HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU
READ THESE ADS AGAIN
'FUR NQUS'T
TH TAIL,CIR
Complete Line of Hats, Caps and Men's Furnishings
133 SOUTH SEVENTH STREET
BETHEL ACADEMY
ST. ANTHONY PARK, MINNESOTA
Educational Institution of the, SuszekcIlish
Baptists Pkrine,ricet.
ADMISSION.
The Academy welcomes students of both sexes, regardless of denominational
preferance, but unless personally known, all applicants must furnish satisfactory
evidence as to character and industry.
ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT.
This departement offers three courses of study: the Classical, the Scientific,
and the Philosophical. These courses difier manly in the amount of language work
required, and are designed to prepare the student for entrance into Minnesota
University or any first class college.
PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT.
This department offers advantages to those who are unprepared to enter the
first year's class in the regular academy. An extensive preparatory course is
offered, especially designed for such ministeral students as are unable to complete
one of the preceding courses, and whose intention it is to enter the Swedish Semi-nary
at Morgan Park.
MUSIC DEPARTMENT.
This department offers courses of instruction in piano and violin. Pupils
may enter as beginners or advanced players, the only requirements being earn-est
application and some degree of talent.
CHARACTER OF THE WORK.
It is our purpose that the work done in every department shall be only of the
highest order. Each student is given every assistance so that his progress may
be as thorough and as rapid as possible. We have a large and efficient faculty
and are each year adding to our equipments.
RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE.
The atmosphere of the Bethel Academy is thoroughly Christian. The daily
chapel services, the students' weekly prayermeeting, the work of the Missionary
Band, the Bible classes, all have an effective tendency in checking the literary
worker from losing spirituality.
The expenses are
EXPENSES.
much less than at any other place.
INFORMATION.
In applying for catalogue or further information, address the Principal:—
ARVID GORDH, Th. D. ST. PAUL, MINN.